Mostly not very long @Fire - fewer each year. They're so pretty that I'm prepared to treat them as almost-bedding though, and count the repeats as a bonus. I don't buy new ones every year, just if the mood strikes (and if the price is right!).
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
After trying for several years to grow snowdrops in my current garden I was about to give up but a final bout of determination made me buy another batch of bulbs which I planted at the foot of an acer in the coldest, shadiest North facing corner of my garden. Stone walls form the corner with an ash growing on top of the wall. I have my suspicions there could possibly be a natural water drainage soak away or similar below the area. Success. The bulbs are the common Nivalis snowdrop, but I am grateful for anything resembling a snowdrop. I still worry each year in case they do not survive but 4 years down the line and they are back again. I had a furtle under the fallen leaves yesterday and there they were, leaves and flower stems with buds. I planted them in clumps of 5's and they are multiplying each year, In a few more years I will have my mini carpet of snowdrops.
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but 4 years down the line and they are back again. I had a furtle under the fallen leaves yesterday and there they were, leaves and flower stems with buds. I planted them in clumps of 5's and they are multiplying each year, In a few more years I will have my mini carpet of snowdrops.
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