Where to see snowdrops: Best gardens in England and Scotland
The sight of snowdrops peeping through in January or February never fails to cheer us up – here's our pick of where to see snowdrops.
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The sight of snowdrops peeping through in January or February never fails to cheer us up – here's our pick of where to see snowdrops.
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G. gracilis and G. elwesii.” Hynes, who moved to Cherubeer 30 years ago, grew snowdrops in her previous Buckinghamshire garden having been given three named varieties by the late Gwladys Tonge, who was Hardy Plant Society chairman from 1987 to 1990. Those three originals, ‘Scharlockii’, ‘Viridapice’ and ‘Atkinsii’, moved to Devon and were soon joined by ‘Magnet’, ‘Colossus’ and ‘S. Arnott’. “These big and bold varieties make large clumps without self-seeding,” Hynes tells me. “My garden relies on larger clumps grown in the ground to create a backbone of white...