Editing Galanthus (section)

===Snowdrop gardens===
{{main|List of snowdrop gardens}}
[[File:Bank Hall Snowdrops Feb 2009.JPG|thumb|Snowdrop carpet at [[Bank Hall]], Bretherton, Lancashire in February 2009]]

Celebrated as a sign of spring, snowdrops may form impressive carpets of white in areas where they are native or have been naturalised. These displays may attract large numbers of sightseers.{{sfn|Harland|2016}} There are a number of snowdrop gardens in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.greatbritishgardens.co.uk/snowdrops.htm |website=Great British Gardens |title=Snowdrops and Snowdrop Gardens 2007 |access-date=11 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070401034623/http://www.greatbritishgardens.co.uk/snowdrops.htm |archive-date=1 April 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Several gardens open specially in February for visitors to admire the flowers. Sixty gardens took part in Scotland's first Snowdrop Festival (1 Feb–11 March 2007).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://white.visitscotland.com/snowdrops/ |website=VisitScotland.com |title=Scottish Snowdrop Festival |access-date=11 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070303112955/http://white.visitscotland.com/snowdrops/ |archive-date=3 March 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Several gardens in England open during snowdrop season for the [[National Gardens Scheme]] (NGS) and in Scotland for Scotland's Gardens. [[Colesbourne|Colesbourne Park]] in [[Gloucestershire]] is one of the best known of the English snowdrop gardens, being the home of [[Henry John Elwes]], a collector of Galanthus specimens, and after whom ''Galanthus elwesii'' is named.<ref>{{cite web|title=Henry John Elwes|url=https://www.colesbournegardens.org.uk/about-us/henry-john-elwes.html |publisher=Colesbourne Gardens}}</ref>{{sfn|Ellis|2010}}