| Of these, G. nivalis, or the Common snowdrop, is the most familiar one as well as being the earliest flowering bulbous plant. |
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| Just as endearing as the snowdrop is eranthis hyemalis, commonly known as the winter aconite. |
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| Like the snowdrop, all three will naturalise beneath trees and deciduous shrubs and give years of delight. |
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| So do bulbs such as winter aconite, crocus, snowdrop, Iris reticulata, and Cyclamen coum. |
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| Over special snowdrop lunches this month, he and some 10 to 20 other galanthophiles will inspect the latest blooms. |
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| Many outdoor nature events are held in the parkland in the springtime, most notably the snowdrop walks. |
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| In fact, in Europe the snowdrop flowers on average 15 days earlier now than fifty years ago. |
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| Running until 13 March, the festival features special events, such as a night-time snowdrop display at Cringletie House, Peebles. |
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| Winter aconite, snowdrop, and striped squill flower in February or March. |
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| Since 1990 this process has shown signs of acceleration, with the snowdrop flowering 13 days earlier than the longterm average. |
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| The man who married my wife first time round was a Galanthophile. He could tell you every detail of every snowdrop, but he had no recollection of that wedding. |
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| But there were also plenty of moments when they looked like a snowdrop. |
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| Mr. Lyman owns the Temple Nursery, a mail order business little known beyond the world of galanthophiles, or snowdrop lovers. |
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| Here rare species grow, such as small hedge mustard, the particoloured tulip, the rich snowdrop, the yellow tulip, the fen flags, together with meadow oaks. |
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| Burrowing moles heave up sprouting snowdrop bulbs and, on steep slopes of former commercial plots, rows of daffodil leaves poke through the rough grass. |
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| Consumers and collectors want sturgeon caviar, snakeskin bags, shark meat and fins, wild snowdrop bulbs, precious rosewood furniture, and quality agarwood oil, as well as rare birds, reptiles, cacti and orchids. |
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| Colesbourne Park near Cheltenham is perhaps the most celebrated, but you can find a list of a hundred snowdrop gardens, all over the country, on the Great British Gardens website. |
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| Meanwhile, at Ickworth House in Suffolk, visitors can learn about the number of varieties of snowdrop and the plant centre will explain how to create the same look in your garden. |
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| The Pomier estate is a flora and fauna reserve with many protected species: snowdrop, Turk's Cap lily, Lady's Slipper orchid, lily of the valley and for the fauna: roe deer and chamois. |
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| Anyway, a nice photo detailled of snowdrop to begin the year. |
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| It'll be like snowdropping clothes from a clothesline. We'll snowdrop a baby. |
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| Fairhanded Spring unbosoms every grace, Throws out the snowdrop and the crocus first, The daisy, primrose, violet darkly blue. |
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| Ragley Hall's annual Snowdrop Day is on tomorrow with golden aconites and yellow jasmine lighting the snowdrop scene in Ragley's winter garden two miles from Alcester. |
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| Mr Oates urged people who wanted to visit gardens to see snowdrop and aconite displays not to leave their trips until February as they may miss the flowers. |
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| At Bristol Zoo Gardens Snowdrop the African penguin was able to stay cool with the help of a garden sprinkler. |
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| Snowdrop displays are a legacy left by Earl de Grey who planted the flowers along the banks of the River Skell when he owned the estate during the 19th century. |
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