Create vignettes with your snowdrops. Photo: Leigh Clapp
- Credit: Leigh Clapp
Celebrate snowdrops this month by visiting a Sussex garden near you and discovering more about these dainty beauties
Snowdrops and hellebores at Pembury House. Photo: Leigh Clapp
- Credit: Leigh Clapp
Whether you are a dyed-in-the-wool galanthophile or just raring to get out again to visit gardens, admiring pure white snowdrops amongst other early bulbs and flowers is an experience to be savoured. As the garden awakes, the first signs of spring begin to emerge and snowdrops or galanthus (the Latin name) are one of the earliest blooms. From January to March these dainty maids lead the way, unfurling each tiny pure white flower and standing proud as soon as the ice melts in their stems each morning. Snowdrops are hardy and it’s lovely to mix them with hellebores, or plant in naturalised drifts on lawns, against contrasting coloured winter stems or in troughs. They are best bought and planted ‘in the