This is the classic white single petal Common Snowdrop. Often one of the first flowers here in central Maine, these are a well-known and delightful sign that spring really is on its way. This resilient variety easily naturalizes over time and is well suited to forcing.
4–6" tall. Very Early Spring blooms, Z3-8. 5-6cm bulbs.
Items from our perennial plants warehouse will ship around September 30 through October. Bulbs can be planted successfully up until your ground freezes.
Note to Alaska and far north customers: We cannot guarantee an early shipment, so please plan accordingly and order early.
We cannot accommodate specific ship date requests or guarantee your order will arrive by a certain day.
Frosty white 3-petaled bells with a touch of emerald green on the shorter inner segments. Snowdrops are usually one of the first signs of life emerging from the melting snow, often before the crocuses. Delicate looking, but strong, very hardy and long-lasting, standing up to late snows, frosts and stiff spring winds. Grows particularly well under deciduous trees where exposure to the sun is full in early spring but gradually changes to part shade as the trees leaf out. Tolerates moist soil; a cool spot in a woodland garden is perfect. Can naturalize in border or lawn. Deer and rodent resistant. Grows wild in open woods from the Pyrenees to the Caucasus.
The Royal General Bulbgrowers Association in Holland (Koninklijke Algemeene Vereeniging voor Bloembollencultuur, or KAVB) puts this large group of diverse flowers into a boring catch-all category: Miscellaneous Bulbs. The expensive catalogs call them accent bulbs; some call them minor or dwarf bulbs (even though some of the fritillaries are huge!); Louise Beebe Wilder covered most of them in her 1936 classic Adventures with Hardy Bulbs. Whatever you call them, most are sweet, colorful, and completely welcome in spring.
