Every late winter and early spring, snowdrops cause my mouth to drop in awe. The leaves of this plant can push up through the ice and snow even while there is frost in the ground. When unpredictable ...

Snowdrops signal spring, even when the view outdoors may not look spring-like. Often poking up through the snow, they’re among the earliest flowers to bloom. Snowdrops are perennials, perfect for ...

What: Galanthus nivalis, also known as the common snowdrop, is a favorite prolific and reliable early-spring bulb for the Northwest garden. Its delicate flowers appear in mid- to late February. Its ...

Scientists have identified 17 bioactive compounds in winter snowdrops, the earliest flowering plants in Europe. Out of the alkaloids identified, three are new to science and belong to a group with ...

The beloved snowdrop is our Bloom of the Month so we visited a garden full of them... By the last days of February, the garden at Old Hall Farmhouse in Swanton Novers, Norfolk, has been primped and ...

Are you waiting for your snowdrops to bloom? Or do you prefer to call them Galanthus nivalis? “Nearly every kind of plant has more than one name,” said Julie Janoski, Plant Clinic manager at The ...

This pint-size beauty marks the start of the gardening year, its white bell-shaped flowers emerging just when the rest of the garden looks bleak. There are now hundreds of named varieties, but among ...

I’m exhausted – but in a nice way. Three consecutive days in the garden is a complete treat. Raking leaves, cutting back spent plants, pulling the old top-growth from grasses and getting rid of ...

Gazing through the mist at the year's first snowdrops is enough to lift even the most down-trodden wintery spirits. A bright, white carpet of more than a million flowers, all nodding and bobbing and ...

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