I think I’ve been posting nothing but snowdrops this year. For good reason, I suppose, since there’s been nothing else yet in bloom (although I have spotted the odd Crocus). Narcissus within a few weeks, I’m hoping! Each Monday Cathy at Rambling In The Garden encourages us to share a vase highlighting what is growing in our gardens. I think this little bud/bulb vessel was made for Snowdrops!
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Our wildflowers are blooming now, but that doesn’t reduce my appreciation for garden flowers like these one bit! They certainly do show off nicely in a vase.
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I don’t think anyone would call them a wildflower, but our dandelions should be blooming soon! 😁
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Didn’t Shakespeare say something about that? “A dandelion by any other name is still a wild flower…”
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😆😆😆
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I love that ‘little vase’, Chris. I have several bunches of snowdrops up and they are looking rather lonely but I guess they’re used to it.
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They’ve been blooming, all by themselves, for about a month now….lonely indeed!
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The bud vase is perfect! Glad you are enjoying a good year of snowdrops!
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And they’re spreading!!!!!
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Quite a quirky vase but it doesn’t detract from the wonderful beauty of those snowdrops. I am sure your garden will spring into life very quickly, now the days are getting longer.
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Yes, other bulbs have been growing daily,it seems, a few cms at a time!
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That is indeed a lovely little vase, a real find, and the snowdrops are perfect in them – thanks for sharing, Chris
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I love the vase as well – I have four of them, purchased many years ago at a now closed shop in Toronto. I suspect they were intended to sit at each person’s place, around a dinner/lunch table…
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Ah, finally, someone featured snowdrops as more than an accessory. Okay, so I still do not understand their allure, but they do happen to be white (my favorite color), and everyone else really digs them. Last year, everyone was talking about them. I intend to eventually grow a few (only a few) of the straight species (if I can find them when I get around to growing them), to see what all the fuss is about. So far, I grow only snowflake (which we know as snowdrops). As you know, it is not the same.
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I think the main allure, up here, is that they appear mid-winter, through the melting snow, and last for quite a while, until other spring flowers and bulbs appear. The first sign of spring!
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Yes, that was explained to me earlier, and explains why I am not so impressed by them. There is no snow here, and there is always something blooming.
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This is so beautiful! And I love your vase too 🙂
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Thank you Annette!
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Love the vase and the setting. I am beginning to appreciate the love of Snowdrops. My mother had a vase like that – wondering what happened to it now.
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We can only get a few varieties of Galanthus here, to my knowledge, unlike the UK where they seem to have dozens!
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I adore that vase! I enjoy seeing snowdrops, something that I have no hope of growing. We seem to have suddenly jumped forward into summer over the past couple of days which, although it may sound wonderful to those in colder climates, isn’t a good thing.
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I totally agree! We often seem to have no spring at all, to speak of, but jump from snow to 20 + degrees…hope that’s not the case this year (snow flurries tonight, but who knows about next week!)
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What a cute little vase Chris! Snowdrops are such a comforting flower as you know Spring isn’t far off when you see them!
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I love them – it’s the flower I have my earliest memory of, as a child. Plus, the seem to be spreading throughout my patch…
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