The young shoots of snowdrops emerging from the frost-covered ground provides anticipation for the beginning of Spring.

Snowdrops are in the amaryllis family and there are only a dozen cultivated species, mostly native to the deciduous woodlands of Europe and western Asia.

Flowering from January to March, it can naturally be found growing in the woods and by streams. The plants have two linear leaves and a single small white drooping bell-shaped flower.

Snowdrops have been known since early times, being described by the classical Greek author Theophrastus in the fourth century BC.

Celebrated as a sign of Spring, Snowdrops can form impressive carpets of white in areas where they are native or have been naturalized.

I enjoy seeing them in my yard as well as when I’m out and about in late Winter and early Spring.

Third Eye Herp
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