CRIMINAL gangs of "bulb bandits" are launching cross-Border raids to illegally harvest tonnes of Scotland's wild snowdrops. Police and wildlife conservation groups said a several gangs from England ...
PROTECTED wild snowdrop bulbs are being illegally dug up and sold, according to police and a wildlife group. Police believe the bulbs are sold to gardening centres as part of a lucrative international ...
"Take the path to the sea," advised the man in the woolly blue sweater. "It's quite a lovely walk." "Are you the head gardener?" I asked. "No," he responded with a smile. "I'm Peter Erskine." Oh! Sir ...
If you are thinking of planting cold-hardy flower bulbs, the first option you can choose is snowdrop flowers. They are quite beautiful and can enhance your garden’s beauty. I love to see snowdrops ...
WITH their simple white heads nodding in the breeze, Snowdrops are the first signs of hope that Spring is hiding round the corner. In 2022 a single snowdrop bulb sold for £1,850, and its not uncommon ...
What a hopeful way to welcome spring: the annual snowdrop tea Wednesday and Thursday to benefit the Thornton W. Burgess Society's Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden in East Sandwich. It was held at ...
With fall just around the corner, it's time for gardeners to start thinking about planting spring-flowering bulbs. And if you're not sure where to start, Flowerbulb.eu has named the snowdrop ...
It is snowing sideways, the wind has turned my hands red raw, and I am squinting at a hillside that is fast turning white with sleet. Anyone for snowdropping? This is a new word to describe the social ...
They have them beneath a 200-year-old, curvy armed walnut tree mixed in sweeps with aconites and the first of the primroses; they have carpets of simple Galanthus nivalis and G. elwesii merging with ...