I have been waiting for months to pick a bouquet, no matter how small or simple, from my own garden. So it's definitely an "at last" kind of moment, even though it is more correctly the first bouquet of the 2020 gardening season. There is still a lot of snow in my garden of a depth that had me wearing my "Wellies" in order to see what was blooming.
The Galanthus nivalis 'Flore Pleno' (below) are on the south side of the house by the basement wall and are always the first to make an appearance.
Luckily G. viridapice had an id tag visible so I was able to properly identify them.
This group was planted close enough to the G. viridapice that I was assuming they were the same variety. The green tip makes me think I am wrong and that it is likely G. 'Jonathan'.
G. woronii is pushing up across the path. It should open this week with the warmer weather that is forecast.
I picked a few G. nivalis 'Flore Pleno' and a leaf of Arum Italicum 'Ghost' to bring indoors for a Monday vase. I could not resist playing with scale by putting the vase on a white shelf in front of this photo of the back of a few old houses and gardens
The only downside to the flowers of G. nivalis 'Flore Pleno' is that you have to get below them to enjoy their double inner petals.
i'm delighted to re-join all of you who have been sharing your vases each week at Rambling in the Garden.
Your vase is a real beauty as are your snowdrops.
Posted by: Noelle | Monday, March 09, 2020 at 10:13 AM
What a great vase for snowdrops - the colours are perfect - and I like the background photo...it makes such a good tableau. I am off to look up Arum Italicum 'Ghost now!
Posted by: Cathy | Monday, March 09, 2020 at 12:01 PM
Beautiful view of under the petals and they echo the colours of the vase
Posted by: Linda Casper | Monday, March 09, 2020 at 12:20 PM
Thank you. It’s one of a pair from my mom and her mother.
Posted by: Linda Brazill | Monday, March 09, 2020 at 03:35 PM
Arum is a plant I see in UK gardens that I can grow!
Posted by: Linda Brazill | Monday, March 09, 2020 at 03:37 PM
You definitely have to get those flowers above eye level to enjoy them.
Posted by: Linda Brazill | Monday, March 09, 2020 at 03:38 PM
Perfect vase for these little lovelies. Happy IAVOM.
Posted by: Lisa at Greenbow | Monday, March 09, 2020 at 04:12 PM
Ha, I love the optical illusion! You did a great job both with the vase selection and in photographing your lovely snowdrops looking up their skirts ;)
Posted by: Kris P | Monday, March 09, 2020 at 04:40 PM
I have some of that variety, too, and I love them. But I need to rake away some leaves that got caked in where they grow. Hope to get out tomorrow to see what's trying to bloom under the leaf layer. The rain and warmth finally washed away the ice and snow. Yay.
Posted by: Beth @ PlantPostings | Monday, March 09, 2020 at 10:34 PM
Beautiful, and excellent vase placement! BTW we have snow in the forecast for the weekend. Ugh.
Posted by: Loree / danger garden | Tuesday, March 10, 2020 at 10:41 AM
We’re having rain and surprisingly springlike weather.
Posted by: Linda Brazill | Tuesday, March 10, 2020 at 01:24 PM
I still have quite a lot of snow.
Posted by: Linda Brazill | Tuesday, March 10, 2020 at 01:25 PM