The Crimean War saw them boom in popularity, when the variety Galanthus plicatus was brought home by soldiers, some of them wrapped around their last mortal remains. “They were planted in the ...

The Crimean War saw them grow in popularity, when the variety Galanthus plicatus was brought home by soldiers, some of them wrapped around their last mortal remains. But while they common forms ...

In 2022, a new variety named Galanthus plicatus, or Golden Tears, sold for a record-breaking £1850 in an eBay auction. The variety was developed by Joe Sharman, a gardener known as King of the ...

RARE snowdrops have been identified at a Jacobean country house estate. Kiplin Hall’s head gardener, Chris Baker, discovered the specimen, called Galanthus Wendy’s Gold this week. The display ...

Galanthus elwesii type – with bold markings. Galanthus plicatus – with folded leaf edges. But the garden is not just about snowdrops, and the galunthus are complimented by hellebores and drifts of ...

They called them “the flower of consolation”, and noted that the galanthus plicatus of Crimea had different, pleated leaves compared to the common galanthus nivalis back home, so the soldiers ...

We can buy a Galanthus plicatus 'Golden Fleece' snowdrop on eBay for £1,390 (plus £4 P&P) • Snowdrops were named after earrings, not drops of snow. • There are more than 2,500 varieties of ...