Anna Pavord: 'February is the month to catch snowdrops in all their glory'

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The first snowdrops (a handsome variety called Galanthus 'Atkinsii') were flowering in our garden before New Year. There are two spreads of them. Both are planted against the same south-facing boundary hedge and both started with bulbs from a single clump that I brought with us from our old garden. But one spread is higher up the bank and comes out three weeks earlier than the other, which is no more than 10 metres lower down. I didn't expect that difference, when I first planted them, but it's useful, as I can expect a show from this one variety for a least seven weeks.










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