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Snowdrops

By Adam Pasco on 24/01/2011 16:13:00

Woodland floors carpeted with snowdrops do look beautiful, cool and calming, but their pure simplicity causes quite a stir in some quarters. A particular breed of person, the galanthophile, gets quite excited by this particular flower (a member


Snowdrop season

By James Alexander-Sinclair on 27/01/2009 14:59:59

My snowdrops are at the point where it is possible to start spotting them among the long grass. Not much longer to wait and they will be in full flower: tiny, green-spotted delights to lift the sombre mood of both recession and late-January. When we


Planting snowdrops

By Pippa Greenwood on 09/04/2009 16:37:20

Should snowdrops be planted in spring in-the-green (after the flowers have died down but when their foliage is still green and lush) or as dry bulbs in autumn? It's a question that divides opinion in even the most prestigious horticultural circles


How to grow snowdrops

By Gardeners' World on 20/07/2011 17:09:33

Snowdrops transplant well when they are in leaf and even in flower and the bulbs can also be divided at the same time - a method known as 'in the green'. You can then replant new clumps of snowdrops in other places around the garden; it's a simple


How to lift and divide snowdrops

By Gardeners' World on 20/07/2011 17:12:25

Watch Carol Klein's video guide to planting snowdrops 'in the green'. Carol also explains how to boost flowering of existing clumps by lifting and dividing.early springMore on growing snowdropsPractical project on lifting and dividing snowdrops


Snowdrop pot display

By Gardeners' World on 22/07/2011 16:12:30

This striking combination of snowdrops, black ophiopogon and silvery convolvulus is just the thing for brightening up a terrace or doorstep. A terracotta pot, sprayed with metallic paint, will set off the contemporary planting scheme to perfection


Dogwood, snowdrop and lilyturf pot display

By Gardeners' World on 07/11/2011 17:06:30

Dogwood stems bring life to a fading garden after the leaves have all fallen. This dogwood variety has lime-green bark but you can also find red- and yellow-stemmed options. Snowdrops and lilyturfs set off the vivacity of the cornus's stem colour


Snowdrop days

By Kate Bradbury on 17/02/2011 22:50:04

Last weekend my partner and I attended one of the special snowdrop days at Chelsea Physic Garden. Saturday was a beautiful, clear sunny day and it was great being outside among catkins, unfurling leaf buds, early bees and, of course, snowdrops


Walsingham Abbey Grounds

By on 11/04/2013 12:22:27

786Shirehall Museum, Common Place, Walsingham, Norfolk01328 820 510www.walsinghamabbey.comNR22 6BPOpen 1-28 Feb, daily, 10am-4pm (for snowdrops); Sat & Sun in Mar, 11am-4pm; 1 Apr-31 Oct, daily, 11am-4pm; 1 Nov-31 Jan, daily, 11am-1pm & 2-4pm


Daffodils

By Pippa Greenwood on 10/01/2008 10:12:00

charming since about the 7th of December. Even the snowdrops around it haven't budged, and remain stubbornly beneath the hard crust of soil.I understand that there are funny things happening all over our gardens, up and down the country, but this little


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