A year ago walking through a friend’s gardens, I asked about the only flower emerging through the soil. It was a tiny white snowdrop. In the fall I planted ten small bulbs.
Friday morning, a snowdrop tentatively unloosed a petal in the thawed hilltop garden. Saturday morning as the snow fell, concerned, I read in The Harrowsmith Perennial Garden – Flowers for Three Seasons by Patrick Lima, that once they emerge “If winter returns, the buds may remain visible but tightly closed for weeks. Then, when the weather softens again, progress continues: leaves arch away, stems inch upward, and pearly buds bend toward the ground and open.”
I remain surprised and delighted by this early spring beauty.
Above: Snowdrop makes appearance Friday March 21 (L) and Snowdrop pauses during snow Saturday March 22 (R). Photos: Kim Hanewich