Snowdrop Flowers
The flowers in your garden will be colorful, bright, and beautiful when you plant them according to what they have been specified for. Your garden may consist of flowers grown from seed, from dividing of other plants, and from bulbs.

Posted Wednesday, April 5, 2006

Snowdrops are a plant that are grown from a bulb that you place in the soil. Common snowdrops are one of the earliest blooming plants in the spring months. In the spring as the soil begins to warm, snowdrops begin to grow under the soil and will pop up to give you great looking flowers even before the Easter season of daffodils and hyacinths. You can grow Snowdrops in containers or in the gardens that surround your greenhouse, which ever you might prefer.

Snowdrops will grow to be about half a foot tall when they mature. The Snowdrop bulb is going to spread out over the years, multiplying so you will have even more flowers then what you started with. The spread of just one plant is about two inches wide, so when you have multiple flowers planted in the same location you will have a wide spread of flowers to enjoy.

Snowdrops grow best in zones three through nine in the full sun or partially shaded areas. Bulbs need a well draining soil. When bulbs are sitting in the water or in soil that is too wet they will rot instead of bloom. Snowdrop bulbs are planted in the fall months, when they are ready for hibernation. Snowdrop bulbs vary in size but only need to be planted about three inches deep. When planting bulbs in an area for the first time, space your bulbs out about three inches apart so that as the bulbs multiply you can wait a few years before having to move any to a new location.

Be sure to pick a few Snowdrop flowers for decorating your home in the spring months as they exude a slight fragrance that you are going to love!