Snowdrop Flower Types. Named and found by the Galanthus expert Joe Sharman it is a substantial Snowdrop with big blowsy flowers which sometimes have four petals instead of the usual three. Plicatus Diggory Lovely variety with puckered flowers in a distinctive bowl shape that intensifies as it matures.
31012017 5 BEST SNOWDROP VARIETIES. 05102020 One of the most popular varieties of this type of snowdrop is the One-spotted Elwes snowdrop Galanthus elwesii var. The craze known as Galanthophilia has swept through the ranks of gardening enthusiasts in the past few years.
The snowdrop is a bulbous plant which belongs to the Amaryllidaceae family.
Galanthus nivalis This is the common snowdrop we are used to seeing in woods and fields in February. The leaves are absent or very short at flowering time. 19022021 Try growing snowdrops beneath deciduous shrubs such as Cornus alba Sibirica or along the front of borders where herbaceous plants can provide ground cover when the snowdrops are dormant. Snowdrops are famous for their white bell-shaped flowers which hang.