Breeding snowdrops is a long process. It takes four years to grow a flowering plant from seed, and up to another eight to ...

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 ...

Last year, Lord Heseltine had the honour of getting his very own snowdrop – Galanthus ‘Michael Heseltine’. The new species was handed to him by Joe Sharman, the snowdrop breeder known as Mr Snowdrop, ...

It's winter, lightly snowing, and my Galanthus nivalis have poked their nodding heads through the mulch, greeting me with drooping, pure white petals. Snowdrops are one of nature's gifts that I never ...

A year ago this week Vince Meyer of the Dispatch wrote me a note saying, "I just saw on my nature calendar that the common snowdrop, "the first flower of spring" is due to bloom today. Unless it can ...

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Gardeners are predicting a longer flowering window for snowdrops this year ...

Use this guide to grow snowdrop flowers that will reliably bloom in late winter, even coming up through snow. Snowdrops ...