many of which are rare or newly bred varieties. The addition has cemented Altamont’s status as having Ireland’s largest snowdrop collection and one of the most significant in Europe ...

Take Galanthus elwesii ‘Grumpy’, for example, where the distinctive marking of its inner tepals – two green spots above an ...

Summary: Snowdrops are small plants, typically 15 cm tall. They have three large outer petals and three smaller inner ones. The hardened leaf-tips of its three narrow leaves help the snowdrop ...

While snowdrops don’t multiply as rapidly as other bulbs, they gradually expand and form large drifts when left undisturbed in a suitable location. Snowdrop plants need full to partial sunshine ...

The famous botanical garden is an obvious place to get your snowdrop fix — almost all of the 20 known varieties can be seen here, and Kew researchers discovered a new species as recently as 2019.

"There are thousands of snowdrop varieties, there are even some that flower in autumn," said the show's panellist Anne Swithinbank. Ms Swithinbank has been a panellist on the radio show for 31 ...