Snowdrops

Took these yesterday. Not looked today, don't fancy the tree branches falling on me!

 

A wonderful site this time of the year,they're tuff little critters arn't they.
First sign that spring will spring if you know what I mean.........

 

Beautiful, Palustris! They're incredibly tough for something so fragile-looking, aren't they? Hope they didn't get too many branches on top of them today.

 

Superb, Palustis. There are some things I miss about the UK and this is one, also the Bluebells!

Thank you for sharing this.

 

Wonderful - for me they are a sure sign of spring, and they flower for so long too.

 

excellent, and a question,do they naturalise like syclamen etc?

 

Yes, like blue bells.

 

This is the same place after the winds.

 

Oh dear!..Not too much damage to the beds I hope.
I've seen a lot of small trees covered with ivy that have been blown over like those,very dangerous along the road side.
The only consolation for you would be having an open fire place at home....

 

We have a wood burning stove and have cleared one tree out of the way. The blown over one is going to be harder. My chain saw is not really designed for wood that size. The trees are Damson by the way and rather shallow rooted. The snowdrops have only suffered where the tree hit the ground. My new Yew hedge behind there has not suffered at all.

 

You have a large collection of snowdrops Palustris, they are lovely. I have a small collection and I've just bought another small pot of them and planted them out today, they are increasing in size every year which is great. I just grow them in one section of the garden though as they seem to like it there.