Snowdrops are beginning

[Palustris]

Galanthus elwesii

Galanthus atkinsii

Galanthus nivalis Whittington form









The Snowdrop Wood.

[ideasguy]

That is an AMAZING display, Eric! Thank you for taking the time to post them here.
Did you plant all those snowdrops, or did some of them naturalise?
I'm embarrassed to say I have only a few small clumps of snowdrops and they don't seem to spread.

I'd like to use some of them on my www.ideasforgardens.com website.

I'm almost afraid to ask - no mole damage in snowdrop wood???

[Palustris]

The snowdrops were already here, all I have done over the years is to spread them out. they bulk up very quickly.
They are actually spread around by the mole, lots of hills in there, under the leaf mould.
As ever help yourself to any of my photographs.

[ideasguy]

Many thanks Eric. I'll do an exercise with your photos with the new WPG and post a link here.

Ive never bought snowdrops either - so they were either planted by my father (more than 30 years ago) or the people who owned the house before us.
I'll try spreading them out this year.
Is after flowering the best time?

[Palustris]

Any time is ok as long as they are not out of the ground for too long. Modern thinking is that the best time to move is when the bulbs are dormant, but not the dried out things sold in Garden Centres.
They also like to be planted in groups, never plant less than three, unless they are the £250 each type.

[barryl]

We have some wonderful displays here in Cambridgeshire, often mixed up with Aconites. Next time I go to Anglesey Abbey (near Cambridge !) I wil take some photos.

[ideasguy]

I'm looking forward to those photos Barry

(and its very pleasing to see our Bank Genie consultant in chief spanning the vast gulf to the gardeners corner )

[Palustris]

We are now not sure that the one labelled atkinsii is accurate. The flowers have much narrower 'petals' on the ones we got the other day.

[Eric Hardy]

A nice show of snowdrops in our garden already too, and more than last year. We have our first daffodil in bloom too, I just noticed it this morning.

Eric H