The first flowers are snowdrops

The anticipation of spring is always anxious. Longing for the gentle, warm rays of the sun, bright blue sky, green grass and delicate flowers makes us remember primroses with the onset of the first spring days. Snowdrops - these are exactly the flowers that, when you see them, you understand that spring has come.

Appearing in the first thawed patches, surrounded by melting snow, these flowers, despite all their fragility and tenderness, attract everyone's attention. And we are almost all primroses we call snowdrops, without going into too much detail about each type. But there are many types of primroses and only one of them has the right to be called a snowdrop. This flower has the official name Galanthus. A remarkable name, isn't it? A very elegant, surprisingly gallant flower can appear in sun-warmed thawed patches even during the February thaw.

The true snowdrop belongs to the lily family. It is a milky-white bell with elongated petals. The snowdrop is listed in the Red Book and is subject to mandatory conservation. But now growing snowdrop galanthus in your garden plot is not particularly difficult. Snowdrop reproduces by bulbs, which are quite small - up to 3 centimeters in diameter, and covered with yellowish scales. Snowdrops prefer soil that is moist and rich in minerals. For good growth and reproduction of galanthus, the soil must be flood-free, since due to excessive excess moisture in the soil, galanthus may die.

You should not dig up galanthus snowdrops in the forest or forested areas, because it is precisely because of the barbaric attitude towards these first spring flowers that they are recognized as an endangered species. It is best to go to a specialized plant store and purchase galanthus bulbs there.

Good luck!