Thanks to reading one of my favourite blogs I remembered that the flower of the day is the snowdrop. I already have snowdrops and hellebores appearing in my garden as the weather is so mild here so I thought I would repost some of the photos I have taken of these flowers in the past. I live near the Rococo gardens at Painswick, a place I have blogged about several times. According to The Independent Newspaper in 2008,
The Rococo Garden has one of the largest naturalistic plantings of snowdrops in the country and is in many ways the spiritual home of Galanthus Atkinsii.
Although many believe the Romans introduced snowdrops they are more likely to have been brought to England in the early 16th Century. Galanthus nivalis is native to a large tract of mainland Europe from the Pyrenees in the west, through France and Germany to Poland in the north, Italy, Northern Greece and European Turkey.
Most of the other species Galanthus come from the eastern Mediterranean, though several are found in South Russia, Georgia and Azerbaijan. Galanthus fosteri comes from Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey and Israel.
More photos are at the following links:
Springtime http://wp.me/p2gGsd-MW
Snowdrops and Hellebores http://wp.me/p2gGsd-ET
Heavenhappens 
Oh, I love snowdrops so much!! 🙂 They are so sweet and innocent and pure! Like little Flower Angels!
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I love the thought of flower angels x just perfect for snowdrops x
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🙂 ❤ 🙂 ❤
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Reblogged this on Heavenhappens and commented:
At last the snowdrops, hellebores and crocuses have made an appearance in the Cotswolds where I live. Rather than repeat myself I will reblog my post about them here
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Lovely Brenda, I adore snowdrops.
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Me too, they are so pure and gentle looking yet they must be incredibly strong to push through rock hard earth, ice and snow x
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Flowers always are so delightful to look at…Am waiting for spring to see colorful blooms 🙂
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Well today it feels like Spring here in the Cotswolds, but the weather men keep telling us there is an arctic blast coming soon. They are often wrong though so I have my fingers crossed for an early Spring!
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