When we moved to our current house 4 years ago, a little snowdrop plant came up by our front steps in early February. It was apparently ...Read Moreplanted by a previous resident. With no care at all, it re-appears and blooms profusely every year.
Snowdrops are always a welcome sight come spring. The double-flowered one is a bit bigger than the norm. My plant came as a division fr...Read Moreom a plant that was growing in my area before 1940, proving that they are indeed long-lived plants!
This Snowdrop is thought to be a form that occurs in the wild and has been grown for many centuries. It has also won a RHS Award of Garde...Read Moren Merit.
Has lance shaped, greyish blue green leaves. Bears pure white double flowers with the characteristic green V on the inner petals (yes all of them!). Has a faint scent but if it's cold you may have to breathe on them to smell them.
Flowers mainly January and February.
Loves a moist, well-drained, leafy soil in light shade. They dislike drying out even when dormant.
The double is a sterile form so won't produce seeds. It does multiply well and the bulbs can be divided and replanted when dormant. There is a school of thought that says they should be bought and moved 'in the green' (having some leaves on them). However, if you are buying them 'in the green' from a nursery, try to ascetain if they are propagated at that nursery, if they are moved too often they won't make it!
Handling the bulbs can irritate your skin, also eating them isn't recommended, they can cause a severe stomach ache if eaten.
When we moved to our current house 4 years ago, a little snowdrop plant came up by our front steps in early February. It was apparently ...Read More
Snowdrops are always a welcome sight come spring. The double-flowered one is a bit bigger than the norm. My plant came as a division fr...Read More
This Snowdrop is thought to be a form that occurs in the wild and has been grown for many centuries. It has also won a RHS Award of Garde...Read More