Snowdon lily fans get a warm glow from our cold winters.

THREE cold winters in a row may have taken their toll on our heating bills and roads but they could prove marvellous for some of Wales’ rarest plants.
Botanists have long been worried by the decline of the Snowdon lily, which grows only in some elevated areas of Snowdonia.
One of the commonest theories is that global warming has allowed rival plants to survive winter at high altitudes where previously the annual winter freeze would have killed them.
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