Luvachicken Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Today we went to see the snowdrops at Welford Park They are absolutely stunning. Millions of them ...... Definitely well worth a visit and all for charity too It's open Wednesday to Sundays until 6th March and you can spot where the Bake Off tent has been too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrocksrock Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Wow - they are fantastic - would love to go visit and see them. A sign of spring coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapdragon Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Wow, when they are massed together like that you can see why they are called snowdrops! It really looks like a covering of snow!!!!! It was a beautiful day here...bright, cold and clear so hope you had the same weather for your trip? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted February 14, 2016 Author Share Posted February 14, 2016 The weather was perfect but could have done with a bit more sunshine - and it was actually freezing cold - especially walking back up the hill to get to the car, but all very beautiful. Thinking I actually need some more snowdrops in my garden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 That's amazing! It's like a winter bluebell wood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Wow Beautiful!! We have a couple of clumps, don't think we will be opening to the public though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Very pretty! Must have been a great walk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 How wonderful. I do love snowdrops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkysmum Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Wow!! Amazing ! Would love to see this in person ! Ax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted February 16, 2016 Author Share Posted February 16, 2016 They were stunning and were featured on our local news tonight. Apparently they smell but they didn't the day we were there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chortle Chook Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 What beautiful photos!! Thanks for sharing them I'm getting a little bed of snow drops year by year round the foot of one of those large Australian leaf plants. Nothing like your photos but to my delight they seem (touch wood) to be chicken proof and the result is rather pretty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted February 25, 2016 Author Share Posted February 25, 2016 Glad they seem chicken proof Chortle chook But they certainly are not mouse proof in my garden !! I had a beautiful bunch but all the flower buds have been nibbled off. The same happened last year and I blamed the snails but it has been too cold for them this year. I have managed to buy pots of some more so will get them planted and then when they start popping up next year will make a wire basket over the top to stop mousey getting in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Top tip of planting snowdrops: plant them when they are in bloom. Not as bulbs. I once interviewed one of the best growers of bulbs in the Netherlands and she said this was the best way to guarantee them flowering next year and creating new bulbs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted February 26, 2016 Author Share Posted February 26, 2016 Top tip of planting snowdrops: plant them when they are in bloom. Not as bulbs. I once interviewed one of the best growers of bulbs in the Netherlands and she said this was the best way to guarantee them flowering next year and creating new bulbs. Definitely the way to grow them. My parents always by me clumps in newspaper from their local market for my birthday, but I forgot to ask for any this year. They also said they had gone up in price a lot which is a shame. The ones I bought the other day were £1.99 which wasn't too bad as most garden centres are selling them for £3.99 MIL once bought loads of dry bulbs and planted them but I never did see any of them come up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 My MIL was really cross - she gave me a clump of her geraniums and I found a spot for them. Up popped a few snowdrops - "I didn't give you those - they're mine!" Well they are mine now. Not only that , although the geraniums gave up the ghost a long time ago, the chickens have spread them around! For our 20th anniversary we went to visit a place not too far away that had one of the national collections of snowdrops. I can't remember where it was - I've tried to find it but came up with nada. So we came home with a few varieties. They are nice clumps now. 2 lots are quite tall for snowdrops. Actually it was probably more like 10th anny!!! The snowdrops have been here a long time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjp Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 dry snow drop bulbs can sit in the ground for ages before they start to grow. then if and when they do grow can take years to flower and multiply (naturalize) sadly the only spot in my garden were they thrived I lost when the kitchen extension was build best part of 30 years ago I've got the odd snowdrop on the front garden but they don't do well. my mate was given a clump of snowdrops by a fellow plot holder (plot holder was giving up) on the site he's on that must have been 200 or 300 bulbs that nearly all flowered every winter all he did was move them about 15 feet to his woodland area under a cherry tree that was 10 years ago they hardly flower now for 2 or 3 years no flowers at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted March 1, 2016 Author Share Posted March 1, 2016 How strange that they don't flower I wonder if they are lacking something - although snowdrops don't actually need a lot. Maybe they were buried too deep / not deep enough or perhaps they don't get enough shade ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjp Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 How strange that they don't flower I wonder if they are lacking something - although snowdrops don't actually need a lot. Maybe they were buried too deep / not deep enough or perhaps they don't get enough shade ? I think their just fussy the only spot they did any good for me was in full sun the odd few that I've got that flowered tis year have only flowered after the cold night we had last week even though the buds had burst 2 or 3 weeks ago these few were from 'dry' bulbs never had any luck with them in the green it's not as if bulbs don't do well in the front garden as I've got 100's of early blue crocus that have naturalized plus the later ones are now starting to spread again blue I did have a lot of grape hyacinth but their not flowering as good over the past couple of years the mini daffs have started to to naturalize and I've got a few good clumps of them in flower . my mate has other snowdrops in an around the same area that flower it's just that one clump that were moved that don't do well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
