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snowdrops
Anyone else got late flowering snowdrops..i have mine in a pot/s and are just starting to come through..couple with a flower starting..everywhere/one else's seemed to have been and gone..nearly..did i plant them to deep..still nice to see them poking their heads through in mid march though.
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Mine are still in full flow, but I am north of you and high up. Being cooler and shadier does slow them a bit, where was your pot?
All my snowdrops came from my mother-in-law's garden, getting on for 40 years ago.There were ordinary singles and doubles. I have never bought any other snowdrops, yet interestingly in the last few years have developed a clump of extra large ones, close to double the height of of the ordinary ones. I am about to split them all and colonise a new area, with the taller ones towards the back. It's made me interested in other varieties, though very few of them are sufficiently different in appearance to show up in the garden, and the cost for most is prohibitive, at least to me
Are they 'new' snowdrops pompey? By that I mean, have you just planted them in autumn - as bulbs? They can be a bit slow that way.
I agree with you B'cupdays - there are lots of varieties but I'm not sure it would be worthwhile getting them for this garden either. Mine all came as a present from my sister, who also got them from her MIL's garden. They had been languishing in tiny pots with virtually no soil for ages. All looking good now though
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Hi all, I planted some snow drops last year when they were still in leaf, i ordered them online and have survived and are in leaf looking very healthy but no flowers
Hiya Fairygirl..yes spot on..bought 12 bulbs and planted in the autumn.
Buttercupdays...my pots were against an east facing wall..so whenever there has been sun theyve been in it really.