Snowdrops
“One might wonder what all the fuss is about, as snowdrops seem like the runts of the bulb world litter. The largest top out at about twenty-six centimeters or ten inches tall. Their appeal is in their shape, their pristine color, and their sense of timing. Snowdrops bloom when there is little floral competition.”
– Beatrix Potter, from Beatrix Potter’s Gardening Life by Marta McDowell
I know of two little patches of snowdrops in my Seattle neighborhood. I look for them as a harbinger of spring.
First snowdrops
Watercolor sketch of snowdrops
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