Common Snowdrop needs full sun to partial shade and moist soil conditions to reach a height of 9 inches by late April to early May. In late winter they produce showy, fragrant white blooms with green markings on the inner whorl of petals. It is resistant to deer and rabbits. Snowdrops make an indeal groundcover beneath large deciduous trees like oaks and maples where they can complete their life cycle before the trees leaf out.

남유럽이 원산지인 갈란투스 니발리스는 원예종으로 널리 재배되고 있습니다. 가을에 심는 알뿌리 식물중 가장 빨리 2월에 화려한 하얀 꽃이 핍니다.