Snowdrop Season

The snow has gone, the weather is getting milder and the days longer, and Gardener's World is back on the TV, so it must be spring, although my snowdrops are still in full bloom a good couple of months after they started coming out.  It seems that the regular falls of light, powdery snow have kept them in a state of suspended animation for a longer than usual flowering season.

February Snowdrops

This was bad news for a friend, travelling to the south coast from Scotland, who I promised a pot of snowdrops when I lifted and split them, expecting to be doing so the weekend before her visit.  Unfortunately, they look just too good to disturb just yet.

Snowdrops in mid March

Although we missed the more dramatic snowfalls from the 'Beast from the East', we seem to have had regular snow this winter, starting with a covering quite early in December accompanied by some hard frosts.

Late December snow

Christmas itself was fairly mild but there have been several dustings of snow and some cold nights since.  If not on this site, I have been blogging about some of this, including some photos of the garden, but from the perspective of a couple of little friends enjoying themselves in the wintery conditions, but I haven't been organised enough to both keep up with the bears' adventures and do a proper garden blog!

Snow - late February 2018

Hopefully, I'll manage to do some more regular updates as the garden comes into bloom.  After being blasted by the cold winds and drooping alarmingly, the hellebores have fully recovered and are starting to really flourish, while crocuses and primroses are starting to come out too.

There's work in progress in the veg plot as well, but I think I'll save that for the next update - hopefully this side of Easter!