Snowdrops have showy white flowers which form extensive bright carpets, often seen in woods, churchyards or in grass underneath trees. One of the best displays of snowdrops can be found at Anglesey Abbey in Cambridgeshire, which has a Snowdrop season from mid-January to mid-February.
Most of the snowdrops in the wild were originally garden escapees, but there are native ones in some parts of Western England, such as Snowdrop Valley in Exmoor. It is thought that they were introduced to Britain for pagan and Christian festivals, as is it the symbolic flower of the feast of Candlemas.
Snowdrops are one of the first flowers of the year, and are named partly from their snow-white colour, and also because they are often seen while snow is still on the ground. The white drooping flowers have two rings of three petals: a longer outer set and a shorter inner ring, the latter of which have notched petals with green crescent-shaped markings.

Flower viewed from underneath, showing second ring of petals with green crescent markings		Greyish-green leaves		Seed pods