Description
The outer leaves have green tips as if they have been dipped in a pot of green paint. J.C.M. de Hoog found this snowdrop around 1900 near an old farmhouse in province North-Holland. The English sometimes think that this snowdrop is of English origin and that is because it was entered at an RHS Show in 1922 by an English bulb grower.
BELONGS TO THE FAMILY OF AMARYLLIDACEAE
To date, nineteen species of snowdrop are known. This could well change, and not all botanists agree on this number. Species occur in the wild somewhere in the world. Many snowdrops are very variable, and if someone discovers an unusual snowdrop and gives it a name, another cultivar is added. Thanks to all these different species and cultivars, it is possible to have snowdrops blooming in the garden from autumn until April. It is important to plant the bulbs immediately upon arrival.
