I will share lots of our snowdrops in an upcoming blog. I love galanthus and plant many bulbs every autumn. These flowers are perennial, herbaceous plants, which grow from bulbs. There are bunches of snowdrops, Galanthus nivalis, in various beds around the farm. Snowdrops produce one very small, pendulous bell-shaped white flower which hangs off its stalk like a “drop” before opening. Snowdrops are another sure sign of spring. Although ‘foetidus’ means fetid, or smelly, the plant does not smell too bad however, the leaves, when crushed or bruised, give off a smell that many describe as unpleasant. It is an evergreen with its dark leaves, sprouting from a thick stem. These are the leaves of another hellebore – a stinking hellebore, Helleborus foetidus. It begins in winter and extends into spring. Helleborus orientalis, or Lenten roses, get their ecclesiastical nickname from their growing season. Hellebores are members of the Eurasian genus Helleborus – about 20 species of evergreen perennial flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae. It is common to plant them on slopes or in raised beds in order to see their flowers, which tend to nod. Hellebores come in a variety of colors and have rose-like blossoms. Here is a hellebore flower just beginning to open. Crocus is a genus of seasonal flowering plants in the family Iridaceae comprising about 100 species of perennials growing from corms. This cluster is just outside my gym building. Crocus is among the first flowers to appear in spring, usually in shades of purple, yellow and white. Small patches of color are emerging from the soil. Yesterday, the skies were bright blue, but the chill is in the air and snow is on its way.īut there are signs of the warmer spring season ahead. Deciduous trees are still bare, and here at the farm, all my boxwood is still wrapped in protective burlap. In the Northeast region, it is still very much a winter scene.
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