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Snowdrop flowers are a beautiful reminder that winter is drawing to an end.

Snowdrops keep us going through that bit when winter is supposed to have ended but seems to be dragging on a bit. They have an emotional tug for so many people, and at this time of year, faced with a new garden, I know I need more of them.

single snowdrop

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snowdrop flower

I planted a bunch of bulbs in the autumn from Plant Me Now. They were a mixture of different sorts of snowdrop, including the lovely double ‘Flore Pleno’. They’ve been planted along the middle terrace of the garden, and in years to come the plants will clump up and form a beautiful white fringe. For the time being, though, they don’t amount to much - that is, until you crawl up to them for a closer look.

double snowdrop

I am trying very hard to resist the tug of the more expensive snowdrops, including these ones that I found on various stands at the recent RHS spring plant show.

Snowdrop ‘The Wizard’
Snowdrop ‘Daglingworth’
Snowdrop ‘Bubble’

Each goes for about £45 a bulb, though that’s nothing to the £1,390 that someone spent on a rare, record-breaking snowdrop last week. But what I would love would be some yellow snowdrops. Perhaps I’ll add those to my collection, so that the fringe along the terrace in my garden becomes white and gold.

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7 Responses

  1. Kriss MacDonald

    I’ll be happy with the double ‘Flore Peno’ - in fact, I definitely want to plant some of them later this year. Yikes I had no idea about the rare snowdrops but I think I’ll skip buying any of them!

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  2. Amanda

    Oh wow, I never realised there were different types of snowdrops, the green against the white looks gorgeous

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  3. Mammasaurus

    So pretty - I love that fancy snowdrop, like a snowdrop with a peony complex!
    Yellow snowdrops? Now I like the sound of those - a lot.

    Thanks ever so much for joining in again lovely x

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  4. Gemma

    I love these photos. My Grandma used to like snowdrops so I often think or her when I see them. £1,390 for a snowdrop makes me feel better about my mini seed splurge a couple of weeks ago haha!

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  5. Catherine

    Wow, I had no idea a single bulb could cost so much! I was eyeing up ‘Flore Pleno’ at the garden centre recently, I think I may have to give in and sneak some in for next Spring :)

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