Shade-tolerant bulbs such as snowdrops and scillas are daintier than brassy tulips, daffodils or alliums. You need more of them to make a show, but they're cheaper and easier to plant. Think big ...

A: Snowdrops. Well, sometimes crocus and even scilla. And, there is even a snowdrop anemone. In the 19th century many poets wrote enthusiastically about spring flowers such as snowdrops, which ...

anemones. You can enjoy these in spring, having planted in autumn, and plant others for summer and autumn pleasure.

Chosen and planted with care, woodland flowers are the perfect solution for the shady spots in every garden, says Carol Klein Most British spring performers are woodlanders. Snowdrops, primroses ...