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Flowers: January -
March.
This lovely small
herald of the Spring has long narrow leaves growing from its its
bulb and a famous nodding single bell-shaped flower. The lower
petals often have a green fringe.
Snowdrops grow wild
in damp woods, thickets and hedges from lowland flood plains to
mountain elevations. It is of course also a much cultivated plant
in gardens and parks and some of the cultivars have 'escaped' and
become also part of the more untended areas of our landscape.
Snowdrops tend to
form thick clumps and are a good example of the way in which
living organisms can generate internal heat. The warmth generated
by a patch of dense snowdrops will often clear a small hollow by
thawing the snow around it!
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