Bulbs
Atkinsii
Barnes
One of the best of the Galanthus elwesii Hiemalis Group, originally from the garden of E.P. Barnes, a surgeon in Northampton, UK. He received a consignment shipment from Barrs …
Blewbury Tart
According to Alan Street “It was found in 1974 in Blewbury Churchyard, Oxford about 20 yards north east from the chancel window, which was completed in the 14th century, …
Blue Trym
Galanthophile Margaret Owen selected this bluish foliage Trym seedling form her garden “The Patch”, Acton Pigot, Shropshire, UK. It has a strictly upright stature and …
Carol Simcoe
A poculiform snowdrop of anywhere from six to nine equal segments found growing near Allentown, PA. It is of the nivalis type blooming late in the season and looking quite …
Colossus
A tall and vigorous plicatus cultivar from Colesbourne Manor blooming early in the main snowdrop season. Found by Carolyn Elwes as a seeding on the ‘Byzantinus Bank’ there in 1982. …
Flocon de Neige
This double-flowered Galanthus nivalis resembles a snowflake, hence the name given in French. With the six distinctly consistent outer segments when fully open and a neat rosette …
Fuzz
A double spike snowdrop is how one would describe this snowdrop. It vigorously forms a clump and imparts a textural aspect to the winter garden with the flowers being of an …
George Elwes
Ginn's byzantinus
This vigorous snowdrop was given to Avon Bulbs from bulb specialist Ray Cobb who had it himself from Ron Ginns. It flowers from early March in my garden with markings similar to G. …
Greenish
A fairly vigorous cultivar for a virescent snowdrop, it is well-named as giving the appearance of a flower washed with green rather than a solid color. The flower spikes are of …
Honeysuckle Cottage
A tall and vigorous snowdrop found at its namesake place. It is a naturally occurring hybrid between G. nivalis x G. plicatus. It blooms in early March in my garden and is quite …
Jade
This taller elegant snowdrop has glowing splashed outer segments. Sometimes the green stripe will descend all the way from the ovary. The elongated rounded outer segments brings to …
Jaquenetta
A Heyrick Greatorex double hybrid snowdrop where he crossed the double nivalis ‘Flore Plena’ onto a plicatus and gets a taller, vigorous double flower. Named for the …
Kermode Bear
This rare, North American elwesii poculiform snowdrop is one of the “Bear” series named by Cal Mateer from British Columbia, Canada who personally shared it with me. …
Lady Elphinstone
This unique double yellow-marked snowdrop was discovered growing in the grass at Heawood Hall in 1890 by Sir Graeme Elphinstone which he was renting at the time, in Cheshire, …
Marjorie Brown
Galanthus ‘Marjorie Brown’ has been proven over time to be a good and vigorous flower in the garden, but it didn’t start out that way. It took the galanthophile …
Mordred
This Baroquely contorted double snowdrop has irregular outer segments. Named by the late great Simon Savage of Wrockwardine, Shropshire. Named for the traitorous nephew of King …
Mother Goose
This graceful, tall yellow-marked snowdrop is another great find by artist John Morley. He calls it “the most exciting snowdrop to have originated in the garden here at North …
Potter's Prelude
Discovered in a bag of snowdrop bulbs purchased at a hardware store in Swarthmore, PA, it was named by famed gardener Charles Cresson for Jack Potter, former director of the Scott …
Primrose Warburg
From her garden at South Hayes, Oxford this eponymous snowdrop is a reliable, vigorous yellow hybrid and does well in the woodland as well as in the open garden. It has a reliably …
samothracicus
This rare Galanthus species hails from the Greek island of Samothraki in the northern Aegean Sea, where the famed Nike/Winged Victory statue was also discovered. Found in the …
Straffan
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Susan Cadwalader
This is the first yellow Galanthus elwesii in the US which appeared spontaneously in my garden from hybridizing done by the wonderful bees! It has the ability to throw two spikes …
Three Ships
This rare, early-blooming placatus snowdrop was discovered under a cork oak in Henham Park, Suffolk by artist John Morley in 1984. It flowered around Christmastime, hence the name …
Trymlet
A larger and more vigorous seedling than its parent ‘Trym’, it has a lovely pagoda shaped flare to the outer segments but not as reflexed as the original …
Valentine's Day
This snowdrop has striking marks on its outer segments closely resembling the inner ones and are held at a close angle of almost equal length. Upright with sizable flowers, it has …
Virescens
Having solid green inner segments with a flush of green been the darkest green of any cultivar. Grown by the director of the Vienna Botanic Garden by Professor Eduard Fenzl (1807 - …
Walrus
One of the most eccentric double snowdrops, having green tusk-like outer segments which all but shout out “I am the walrus!” It is allegedly slow but I find it vigorous in my …
Wasp
From the garden of Veronica Cross, it is aptly named as it resembles the insect in its kinetic movement in the slightest breeze. She discovered it at Lower Hampton Farm, Stoke …