Snowdrops are flavour of the month
Snowdrops are certainly flavour of the month. There are events all over the country – gardens open, garden walks, special lectures and the gardening press is full of snowdrop articles. Even BBC News is in on the act. Read more
Snowdrop & Hellebore Extravaganza 2012 – Plant Fair
Sunday 19 February 2012
Goodnestone Park Gardens
Wingham, near Canterbury CT3 1PL
11am to 4pm map
Admission £6.00 HPS members £5.50*
Senior citizens £5.50 children under 16 £1.00
*Members bringing display material before 10.30am free
Event open to the public. Read more
Snowdrop & Hellebore Extravaganza 2012
Sunday 19 February 2012
Goodnestone Park Gardens
Wingham, near Canterbury CT3 1PL map
11am to 4pm
Admission £6.00 HPS members £5.50*
Senior citizens £5.50 children under 16 £1.00
*Members bringing display material before 10.30am free
Event open to the public. Read more
Snowdrop mania – a very modern phenomenon
Snowdrop mania – healthy obsession or madness?
Leucoium bulbosum praecox minus – Timely flouring bulbous Violet
“The first of these bulbous Violets riseth out of the ground, with two small leaves flat and crested, of an overworne greene colour, betweene the which riseth up a small and tender stalke of two hands high; Read more
After the snowdrops – celandines
by David Andrews
Ranunculus ficaria 'Aya'
In about a month’s time, the snowdrop season will be drawing to a close – white blobs to some, to others their subtle variations a source of endless fascination. But a new season will then begin for the connoisseurs of the lesser celandine who eagerly inspect their seedlings Read more
Confessions of a snowdrop addict
by Sue Clayton
‘The secret of being happy is being obsessed by something’ – David Bellamy Read more
