Snowdrops signal spring, even when the view outdoors may not look spring-like. Often poking up through the snow, they’re among the earliest flowers to bloom. Snowdrops are perennials, perfect for ...

Don't let January's cold and wet start put you off from gardening: the experts say now is the ideal time to plant perennials ...

As the summer garden winds down, it’s time to think about spring flowers, and the best way to ramp them up would be to plant bulbs now. We’re all familiar with tulips, daffodils and hyacinths, the ...

The Minnesota Landscape Arboretum gardeners and I are on the lookout each March for the first snowdrop flowers, the first perennial garden plant to bloom and a marker of the beginning of the growing ...

The emergence of bulbs in spring heralds the annual start of the garden springing back into life from its winter slumber. The sight of the early bloomers, such as snowdrops and winter aconites, can be ...

Many weeks before springtime, and certainly long before we see flowering crocus, the flowers of snowdrops are our first harbingers of spring in the garden. The past two years, flowers have appeared in ...

“I have been seeing a couple different small flowering plants recently and would like to know where I can buy them, as the early season color is great. One has yellow flowers and one has white flowers ...

This story was originally published in March 2020. Details about the 2021 Galanthus Gala have been updated. They’re one of the first flowers of the new year. And they’re hardy enough to survive the ...

Instead of leaving your garden barren in winter, choose from these winter flowers that thrive in cold temperatures, from winter jasmine to snowdrops.

Snowdrops are the earliest of spring bulb flowers to bloom, often flowering through the snow. Credit: Peter aka anemoneproject/Flickr There aren't too many flowers that bloom before winter loosens its ...

Spring is here, but I can’t let the old season go without giving thanks to the snowdrop, a bulb both demure in appearance and mighty in its capacity to cheer. The so-called giant snowdrop (giant to a ...