The Double snowdrop flowers at the end of the winter,
often between snow and ice.
The colder the temperature the longer the flowering period.
The soil can be poor but prefferable chalky.
This nice ornamental gardenplant needs no maintance. ,
The double Snowdrop.
This a way to put bulbs in a pot.
Put a layer of buls on a layer of mulch
in a large pot. These bulbs a those that
will flower the last, usually tulp and decorativ unions
Next layers are narcis , hyacint
or crocus
The last layer will flower firstly : galanthus nivalis, or muscari.
In this way you will have a three months flowering period.
Snowdrops and Snowflakes
Galanthus is a family of flowering plants
consisting of Galanthus (snowdrops) and
Leucojum (snowflakes). They flower very early
in spring and have lovely white, bell-shaped
flowers. they derive there name from
the white color of there flowers and there
habit to flower between ice and snow.
All Galanthus is very poisionous.
Some imported plants are already native in the netherlands
for over hundred years. These plants flower very early in
spring and most have bulbs or thick rhizomes that provide the
extra energy to be the first in spring that flowers.
These imported plants have dissapeared during summertime.
