Data specific to Snowdrops (Edit)
Cultivar Group: Double

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: under 6 inches
Plant Spread: 3-6 inches
Leaves: Deciduous
Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: White
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Winter
Underground structures: Bulb
Suitable Locations: Alpine Gardening
Uses: Provides winter interest
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Offsets
Pollinators: Bees

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Common names
  • Double Common Snowdrop
  • Snowdrop
  • Common Snowdrop
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Galanthus nivalis
  • Synonym: Galanthus nivalis f. pleniflorus

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Location: Toronto, Ontario
Date: 2023-04-07
Double Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis 'Flore Pleno').
Location: Bochum, Germany
Date: 2018-02-17
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Date: 2023-03-29
Double Common Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis 'Flore Pleno').
Location: indoors Toronto, Ontario
Date: 2024-03-09
Double Common Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis 'Flore Pleno') just sta

photo by ghislain118
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark, EU
Date: February
Close-up
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Date: 2023-04-07
Double Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis 'Flore Pleno').
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Date: 2023-04-07
Double Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis 'Flore Pleno').
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Date: 2022-04-13
Uploaded by Ursula
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Date: 2020-03-22
Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis 'Flore Pleno')
Uploaded by Ursula
Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Brussels)
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Date: 2023-04-12
Double Common Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis 'Flore Pleno').
Location: Riverview, Robson, B.C. 
Date: 2009-04-03
 6:16 pm. Nestled in with moss in the rockery - very fragrant.
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C. 
Date: 2013-03-08
 5:06 pm. This clump of snowdrops started to bloom at the end of
Location: Garden
Date: 2017-02
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark, EU
Date: 2009-03-18
Location: Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, England
Date: 2011-02-16
Location: Fair Lawn, NJ along the Saddle River
Date: March 22. 2015
Location: Fair Lawn NJ along the Saddle River
Date: March 22. 2015
Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Brussels)
Date: 2018-01-24

photo by ghislain118
Location: Hungary, Budapest
Date: 2012-03-15

Date: 2013-03-01
Location: Northern Illinois (Zone 5a)
Date: 2013-04-14
Location: Chicago
Date: 2020-03-12
Location: My garden in N E Pa. looking up inside flower.
Date: 2015-04-05
Location: Belsay Hall gardens, Northumberland, UK
Date: 2010-03-07

Courtesy of RoozenGaarde/Tulips.com
Location: Fair Lawn NJ.  Along the Saddle River
Date: March 22. 2015
Patches of Snowdrops popping up in many places
Comments:
  • Posted by JaneGraham (Iowa - Zone 5b) on Feb 17, 2018 11:01 AM concerning plant:
    I love the double snowdrop. In zone 5, it's the first thing that comes alive after a long cold winter!
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