Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Why They Are Called Snowdrops
The snow that yesterday in flakesStill dropped from heaven
Today now hangs congealed like bells
On the fragile stem.
The snowdrop rings: What does it portend
In the quiet grove?
O come quickly. In the grove it rings
The springtime is in.
Ruckert
(Picture of Galanthus elwesii, taken earliest March, last spring just as they opened.)
// posted by IBOY @ 6:49 AM 
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GF... poets just can't find enough words to rhyme with "drop"! i'm glad you enjoy my modest little blog.
Don
Don
Enjoyed your photo of the snowdrop. I have loved this bulb since I was first introduced to it in the Spring of 1983.
earlysnowdrop... well, I guess I'd know what your favorite flower is, pretty easily. What kind(s) do you grow? If you started growing them, too a long time ago, you must have some pretty good colonies by now. I just started growing them in this garden maybe 8 years ago, and have perhaps a hundred in the biggest clump.
Don
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