Did you know that snowdrops are not native to the UK?
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The snowdrops are coming up, pushing pale green shoots up through the mud and leaf mould. They look fragile and delicate but they are driven by powerful forces triggered by the lengthening days and even the frost we are promised next week won’t slow them down.
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Snowdrops are the earliest of the reserve’s wildflowers and this is the right time to look out for their green shoots pushing through the woodland’s leaf litter. Here, while we wait for the flowers, are five things you probably didn’t know about snowdrops.
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Julie Newblé has sent us a beautiful image of snowdrops (Galanthus nivalis) flowering in the Village Green copse down by the decorated bridge. Thanks Julie.
Snowdrops
A lone clump of snowdrops in the copse between The Race and Sheep Field photographed yesterday by Ian Bushell.
A gallery of snowdrops
Header picture by DKG
Snowdrops are the earliest of the reserve’s wildflowers. Here are five things you probably didn’t know about them
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Five fascinating facts about snowdrops
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Header picture by DKG
Rain!
The park is full of water; there are deep puddles everywhere. Everything is wet and muddy and the paths are flooded.
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The snowdrops are opening
The snowdrops in the copse in the southern corner of Village Green are beginning to open.
Video by Neil Bromhall
Header picture taken in the park by DKG
Here’s one of last year’s posts from snowdrop time:
Snowdrops!
It’s a good year for the park’s snowdrops; lots of flowers in the woods.
Photographs by DKG and Suzanne Humphries
Southwick Country Park Nature Reserve 