Galanthus elwesii, the giant snowdrop, is larger in all aspects compared with the common snowdrop, G. nivalis.

Galanthus 'Beluga' has large, rounded, cupped outer petals and inner petals with a large green mark that looks like a heart with a whale tail on the bottom.

Galanthus 'Godfrey Owen' is a distinctive snowdrop with 6 symmetrical outer petals and 6 smaller, green-marked inner petals.

Galanthus 'Green Brush' has rounded, outer petals with green tips and inner petals that are nearly completely green.

Galanthus 'Polar Bear' has rounded, cupped outer petals with small inner petals each with a large green blotch and a smaller inverted "v".

Galanthus nivalis is the classic snowdrop featuring single nodding white flowers with a green spot at the apex of each petal.

Galanthus nivalis 'Flore Pleno' is the double form of the classic snowdrop.

Galanthus nivalis 'Viridapice' is a vigourous snowdrop whose petals have a green thumbprint at the tips.

Galanthus woronowii is a species from Turkey and the Caucasus with broad foliage and dainty flowers with green markings.

Galanthus 'Atkinsii' is one of the earliest snowdrops with long, narrow outer petals and inner petals marked with an inverted green heart.

Galanthus 'Desdemona' large flowers with broad outer petals surrounding a cluster of up to 20 inner petals with bold inverted heart- or v-shaped green markings.

Galanthus 'Dionysus' is the earliest bloomer of the Greatorex double hybrids with dramatic, ruffled, double flowers.

Galanthus 'Hippolyta' is one of the last Greatorex doubles to bloom with rounded outer petals around a mass of green marked inner petals.

Galanthus 'Jaquenetta' is an excellent Greatorex snowdrop with rounded outer petals and a dense mass of of green-marked inner petals.

Galanthus 'Magnet' has long outer petals surrounding inner petals marked with an inverted v-shaped green spot.

Galanthus 'Mother Goose' is a holy grail for galanthophiles with the darkest yellow markings of any cultivar.

Galanthus 'Mount Everest' is a robust snowdrop with particularly large flowers and wide leaves.

Galanthus 'S. Arnott' is a popular cultivar with large, fragrant flowers with cupped outer petals.

Galanthus 'Straffan' is one of the oldest snowdrop cultivars with extra glossy white flowers, two per bulb.

Galanthus 'Treasure Island' is one of the holy grails. It is the largest of the yellow flowered snowdrops.