On the 1st Jan, I got massively overexcited when I found these on our New Year's walk:
Fast forward a few weeks and they are in full bloom (this is in Iffley Village):
I have planted a few snowdrops in my back garden over the years, but only one little clump, next to my Pulmonaria, and constantly threatened by encroaching Euphorbia, seems to have persisted. It has a couple of small, slug-rasped flowers. It's not been cold enough for any pests to die this year. I've seen aphids in December, Mosquitoes in January. My Summer Savory is surviving, my Scented Geraniums are thriving (I've rashly left half of them outside this year, as the cuttings take very well, and I now have far too many geraniums). We may still get a cold snap!/Or maybe not.
I'm slightly hoping we will, as I still have an apple tree and a vine to prune and certain things don't seem to be hitting dormancy and therefore may flower at a confused time, or not at all.
On the other hand, it would be nice to have a winter without losing a treasured plant.
Fast forward a few weeks and they are in full bloom (this is in Iffley Village):
I have planted a few snowdrops in my back garden over the years, but only one little clump, next to my Pulmonaria, and constantly threatened by encroaching Euphorbia, seems to have persisted. It has a couple of small, slug-rasped flowers. It's not been cold enough for any pests to die this year. I've seen aphids in December, Mosquitoes in January. My Summer Savory is surviving, my Scented Geraniums are thriving (I've rashly left half of them outside this year, as the cuttings take very well, and I now have far too many geraniums). We may still get a cold snap!/Or maybe not.
I'm slightly hoping we will, as I still have an apple tree and a vine to prune and certain things don't seem to be hitting dormancy and therefore may flower at a confused time, or not at all.
On the other hand, it would be nice to have a winter without losing a treasured plant.
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