yippee

[ugly gourd]

Yippee Ive got my first snowdrop here in north bucks

[rustylady]

No snowdrop flowers yet, only leaves. Got a few flowers on the forsythia behind the shed, and one of the primroses has been flowering since September.

[smallblueplanet]

Just noticed some purple primulas are flowering at the bottom of the garden.

[shirlthegirl43]

My daffs are poking through the soil but I don't have a single snowdrop in the garden - keep saying I will buy bulbs and plant them but never seem to remember at the right time

[piskieinboots]

odd thing happened here regarding snowdrops - I planted a load of bulbs back in early October, one came up (and flowered!!) within a couple of weeks!

Himself (Snowdrop) says it was the advance scout *groan

[momol]

I don't have any snow drop in my garden but my narcissus are coming ( around 5 cm)...is that means spring is coming sooner next year ?
Would really love that....

momol

[Alice]

Hello Uglygourd. I don't know what that means. I must have a look round and see what I have. I know that crocus don't grow for me anymore - it's too warm. Half a degree in average temperature is all it takes. Maybe it's getting too warm for snowdrops here.

[bramble]

My scarlet runners are still blooming away since last summer. What does that say about climate change?

[Flummery]

Snowdrops are better planted 'in the green' than from bulbs. These can often be very dried up and not all will grow. You see snowdrops advertised in Feb/March time and they are lifted when the flowers have finished. Plant them so the white stem above the bulb doesn't show and they usually take very well.

[shirlthegirl43]

Thanks for that advice Flum. There are loads growing on the grass verge at Madmax's parents house - could nick some of them when flowering is over.

[ugly gourd]

Good idea Shirl get them when the flowers are just dying and set them in 2s or 3s I was once told they dont like to be alone!! I dont know if this was a wind up or true but i always put 2 in a hole and it works I have a big clump of double headed ones that started as a clump of about 8 that I spotted on my future father in laws earth dirt in his builders yard!! 30 years on Ive got about 100 odd and a husband from him!!