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 ...

Flower parts evolved from modified leaves and are arranged in rings called whorls. The outermost whorl of flower parts is called the perianth. In shape the perianth can be pictured like a bowl ...

Snowdrops are the earliest of spring bulb flowers to bloom, often flowering through the snow. Credit: Peter aka anemoneproject/Flickr There aren't too many flowers that bloom before winter loosens its ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Spring is here, but I can’t let the old season go without giving thanks to the snowdrop, a bulb both demure in appearance and mighty in its capacity to cheer. The so-called giant snowdrop (giant to a ...

The Minnesota Landscape Arboretum gardeners and I are on the lookout each March for the first snowdrop flowers, the first perennial garden plant to bloom and a marker of the beginning of the growing ...

Use this guide to grow snowdrop flowers that will reliably bloom in late winter, even coming up through snow. Snowdrops ...