{"id":6797,"date":"2020-04-04T15:49:44","date_gmt":"2020-04-04T15:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/?p=6797"},"modified":"2020-04-04T15:49:44","modified_gmt":"2020-04-04T15:49:44","slug":"plant-a-day-2020-day-81-galanthus-nivalis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/04\/plant-a-day-2020-day-81-galanthus-nivalis\/","title":{"rendered":"Plant-A-Day 2020 (Day 81) Galanthus nivalis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Two of my favorite things about snowdrops is that they are very early-blooming and they are not yellow. Bright yellow daffodils and bright yellow forsythia are cheerful, for sure, but there is something almost too bright about the color in early spring. Unassuming snowdrops make a subtler, more welcoming entree to the changing seasons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gardening books talk about \u201csheets\u201d of snowdrops that have spread so fast and quickly they need to be dug up and moved frequently, apparently to prevent a garden takeover. We may never know if my snowdrops reproduce less because of their DNA, their situation in the garden, or the lack of proper care from this gardener himself. After at least a dozen years, my clump is still relatively small\u2013maybe with a dozen total offsets. Regardless, they give me a lot of pleasure when they poke up through dead leaves and bark to bloom in January\/February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n