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Newbie Help - Snowdrops

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  • RM98RM98 Posts: 43
    Exciting to wait and see what you’ve got in a new garden … 😊 

    The hardest thing is to try and leave it alone for a year when I have the plans I do for it!

    It's a decent-sized garden and the former owner was a keen gardener so I'm sure there will be a lot of surprises in the next few months as we only moved in at the end of August.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Oooh!  We’re looking forward to your lovely surprises …. 😀 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • RM98RM98 Posts: 43
    Another update - I must admit I got rather excited when I saw this in the garden this morning! I think it's safe to say now that it's a snowdrop  :p


  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I agree … that’s a snowdrop 👍 😊 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Question is, which snowdrop?
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • RM98RM98 Posts: 43
    punkdoc said:
    Question is, which snowdrop?
    I'll post another picture at the next stage to see if anyone can identify it  :)
  • I hope I'm not taking away attention from the OP but I'd appreciate some information. I love snowdrops but since I've lived here, I've had poor luck getting them to grow. I finally had a small patch behind my camellia that came back for several years and bloomed before any of my other bulbs. The last several summers have had periods of droughts. I don't remember seeing them last year and I haven't seen them this year yet either, although we are just coming out of a really cold snowy spell. Are they gone for good? Could they come back if weather connections are more favorable? I don't know what species they are.
  • Oops! I meant to say "weather conditions", not "connections. 
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Very unlikely, once they are gone, they are gone.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • Allotment BoyAllotment Boy Posts: 6,774
    The February edition of the RHS  Garden has a piece about planting snowdrops in the green,  also the plant ID feature on snowdrops has pictures of six named  varieties. 
    AB Still learning

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