Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Snowdrops are fall-planted bulbs that need a period of cold to flower. They are smaller in stature than their spring-blooming ...

Slowly but surely, the chilly autumn breeze has us retreating from our gardens and into the cosy corners of our homes. But before we bid our plots farewell until next year, there’s one more thing to ...

Ugh. It's winter in the Ohio Valley. I know winter is important, ecologically and I know most of our trees and shrubs and herbaceous perennials need a cold spell to break winter’s dormancy grip. I ...

Learning how to grow snowdrops is so easy, you'll wonder why you never did before. Their nodding heads appear from January ...

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 ...

Snowdrops are commonly grown in rock gardens or naturalized in shady woodland settings.

We all need a little help getting through winter. My wife, for instance, is an obligate palm tree person. About 20 years ago, after a few years of trying to convince me that we should head south for a ...

The Gifford Fire burned San Luis Obispo County’s only population of snowdrops, which grew along Caldwell Trout Creek. Jeff Wheelwright The Gifford Fire destroyed the only known cluster of a rare ...

The appearance of snowdrops in the first ten days of February signifies a return of the plants' biological calendar to normal, given that in previous years flowering had been seen as early as January ...

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 ...