The Crocus Bank is looking glorious (click any photo to enlarge it):
But I was pleasantly surprised to see this wee thing:
Entries tagged with snowdrops
Small Gifts: Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day April 2008
April 15th, 2008 by Kathy Purdy · 18 Comments
Categories: Miscellaneous
Keywords: bloom dates · bloom records · corydalis · crocuses · galanthus · scilla · snowdrops · squills
Scenes from snowdrop heaven
April 12th, 2008 by Kathy Purdy · 5 Comments
Photo of Temple Nursery snowdrop courtesy Craig Cramer. All rights reserved.
True to his word, Craig of Ellis Hollow did indeed visit the Temple Nursery on Open Garden Day, and took pictures. If you haven’t stopped over to read his account and get a glimpse of the variety possible within the genus Galanthus, now would be […]
Categories: Events · Snowdrops
Keywords: garden tours · snowdrop · snowdrops
Visit Snowdrop Heaven: The Temple Nursery
March 27th, 2008 by Kathy Purdy · 15 Comments
My main snowdrop “patch” exactly a year ago. They are not so far along this year. Click the photo for a close-up
With all my blathering on about snowdrops, I almost forgot to mention that Hitch Lyman’s garden will be the Garden Conservancy’s first New York state event for their 2008 Open Garden Days on April […]
Categories: Events · Snowdrops
Keywords: central NY · cny · fingger lakes · garden conservancy · garden events · garden tours · Hitch Lyman · snowdrop · snowdrops · Temple Nursery · upstate ny
Early spring blossoms: Crocus and snowdrops
March 24th, 2008 by Kathy Purdy · 14 Comments
The temperatures are still dropping into the teens every night (last night’s low: 17.5F or -8C) and even when the high hits 40F (4C) the brisk wind makes it feel chillier. But at least a hurried stroll around the premises is now rewarded with signs that Spring is slowly making inroads in Winter’s territory. These […]
Categories: What's up/blooming · Snowdrops
Keywords: chores · crocus · mud season · snowdrops
Snowdrops: When Does a Bud Become a Bloom?
March 16th, 2008 by Kathy Purdy · 24 Comments
You tell me: do I have blooms for Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day?
These snowdrops are the furtherest along of all that I have. They have “dropped”; that is, their buds are no longer pointing up, but have been released from their sheaths and are hanging from their pedicels.
Now these…
Categories: Snowdrops
Keywords: bloom dates · bloom records · snowdrop · snowdrops
My first glimpse of snowdrops
December 30th, 2007 by Kathy Purdy · 15 Comments
It got up to 51 F yesterday, so I took a walk to see what I could see. And what did I see, but my first glimpse of snowdrops:
What! You can’t see them? Look closer:
Oh…you didn’t think I meant snowdrop flowers, did you? For that you’ll have to wait another two-and-a-half months. Seriously.
Categories: Snowdrops
Keywords: snowdrop · snowdrops
The patient gardener is rewarded
March 27th, 2007 by Kathy Purdy · 7 Comments
Good things come to those who wait. At least ten years ago, I planted the first of these snowdrops lining the path to the Secret Garden. You will have to click on the photo to enlarge it in order to see them, because they are the ones way in the back, on the far side […]
Categories: Snowdrops
Keywords: mud season · snowdrop · snowdrops
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