They usually take several years to reach flowering size, although some bulblets of Galanthus have been known to flower in their first year.

All species of Galanthus are perennial, herbaceous plants which grow from bulbs.

Although they are as easy to spread about as the smaller Galanthus, they seem to take another year or so to settle into place.

So what is a Snowdrop, Galanthus to give it its botanical name, doing in flower now?

Its birth flower is the cottage pink Dianthus caryophyllus or galanthus.

The estate woodlands have a significant collection of snowdrops, including over 300 varieties of Galanthus species.

The most common snowdrop is Galanthus nivalis.

However, botanists and members of the Dutch bulb industry did not agree that all varieties of galanthus are endangered.

Allow crocus, galanthus and aconite foliage to remain and renew bulbs for next spring.

The genus name galanthus has Greek language roots - gala for milk and anthos for flower.

In Latin its Galanthus; for gardeners, its snowdrop.

He described Galanthus nivalis in his Species Plantarum published in 1753.

See Galanthus: Propagation.

The genera Galanthus, Narcissus, and Sternbergia are resolved as monophyletic with strong support.

We are listing many 'home-grown' narcissus, fritillaria, corydalis, leucojum and galanthus."

Some environmental groups advocated that trade in minor bulbs, particularly galanthus and sternbergia, which may be endangered by wild collection, be abolished internationally.

Galanthus elwesii (I)

How can you get all joyful on the first sunny February day without a few thousand Galanthus nivalis bending their little white heads over the snow?

Carrying topweight of 126 pounds he ran a "capital" race to finish third to Galanthus and Disclosure, despite being injured and "much over-weighted".

Galanthus nivalis is the best-known and most widespread representative of the genus Galanthus.

Composed of ink, acrylic paint and metal leaf on handmade Japanese paper, the works offer a season-by-season roster of flowers, from galanthus to barberry.

He bought "a few hundred" snowdrops every year in the era before World War I, establishing more and more Galanthus colonies on his property.

Unlike hostas and ornamental grasses, dividing Galanthus is as easy as digging up a clump and separating it into pieces with your fingers.

Winter flowering genera of bulbous plants are Galanthus, Crocus, Cyclamen and Eranthis.

Ever since 19th-century plant hunters first descended on Turkey and other countries where Galanthus grows wild, unscrupulous plant foragers have threatened snowdrop populations.