What does one do while waiting? Go for a walk? Smell the flowers?
Out for a walk yesterday – out the front door, down to the River Allander, along to Allander Toll and back by Baldernock – we came across the first snowdrops on the roadside. The best flower in the whole calendar year!
Out for a walk yesterday – out the front door, down to the River Allander, along to Allander Toll and back by Baldernock – we came across the first snowdrops on the roadside. The best flower in the whole calendar year!
Snowdrops, or to give them their correct genus name, Galanthus, do really, really well in this climate. G. nivalis – is considered the 'common' snowdrop which I think these are. Snowdrops are not native to Britain but were introduced in the 17th Century having made their way north through Europe from Italy.
There are other lovely, more interesting, snowdrops such as G. plicatus (from the Crimea), G. elwesli (from Turkey) and G. woronowli (from the Caucaus region).
This year Visit Scotland people have organised a Snowdrop Festival. Lots of places – castles, big hooses, parks – are going to be open to the public to visit. As these little bulbs spread each year, and because many were planted a long time ago, there are places where there are literally thousands of them along roadsides, banks or under avenues of trees winding up through old estates.
This year Visit Scotland people have organised a Snowdrop Festival. Lots of places – castles, big hooses, parks – are going to be open to the public to visit. As these little bulbs spread each year, and because many were planted a long time ago, there are places where there are literally thousands of them along roadsides, banks or under avenues of trees winding up through old estates.
When the snowdrops flower, can spring be far behind?
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