Like galanthus, crocus flowers are one of the first harbingers of spring. They are the most common and well-known of the naturalizing bulbs. Crocus bulbs come in a multitude of colors, the main ...

Snowdrops (Galanthus spp.) may be your yard's earliest bloomers, opening their pendulous flowers at winter's end in many parts of the United States. The frosty white blossoms resemble bells when ...

As we welcome the spring and the warmer temperatures, there's an important task that all gardeners must complete to ensure ...

That evening, after my gardening chores were done and I was preparing dinner with a sense of accomplishment, snowflakes began ...

As Wordsworth, John Clare, Ted Hughes and Gina Wilson show, the snowdrop is a poet’s flower. To the west of Oxford, James Fenton, the university’s emeritus Professor of Poetry, had built up an ...

"The giant trumpet-shaped flowers emerge pale yellow but quickly ... An important early-season nectar source for pollinators, snowdrops (Galanthus) are one of the very first plants to bloom ...

making them easy to overlook in an unkempt flower bed. Yet, just like last year, they had returned, steadfast in their appearance. Their name comes from their resemblance to snowflakes, but their ...