Of course the official beginning of spring is not for a few more weeks, yet nature is starting to sprout the first signs of spring. Snowdrops, as I know them, are called Galanthus; meaning Milk Flower. Although not a spring flower as most flower in winter, seeing these white heads popping up gives you hope that you are coming to the close of winter.
Snowdrops are truly a European flower and can be found natively in France, Germany and Poland and heading south to Italy, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine and Turkey. The flower has been introduced to many countries including Britain, when it is thought to have been introduced in around the early sixteenth century.
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- Snowdrop Leaning
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- Solitary Snowdrop
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- Snowdrop Close Up of Centre
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- Snowdrop in the Landscape
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- Snowdrop Rule of Thirds
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- Snowdrop
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- Snowdrop Umbrella
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- SnowDrop Close Up and Centre
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I found these Snowdrop while on a futile hunt for Crocuses that had been rumoured to have flowered. I used a 90mm macro lens to capture the pictures and processed all of them in Lightroom.
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What a lovely flower!
Snowdrop umbrella is my most favorite. 🙂
Thank You Ami, I am glad you like them. I quite like snowdrop umbrella as well.
Great shots. I keep looking for the flowers around here but nothing yet 😦
I am sure they will be along soon popping up through the grass.
Oh yes, snow-drops are the best!
They are pretty neat aren’t they Mary.
Love them Ben
Lovely collection of snowdrops ..
Thank you Julie, there were quite a few where we were.
My favourite is the rule of thirds. We also have them here in New Zealand. They flower in late winter, early spring.
I wonder when they were introduced to New Zealand. My wife and I have wanted to go to New Zealand for years I hope we can make it one day.
Ah, thanks for the hope that spring is getting ready to, well, spring! Lovely photos, Ben. The last one makes me think of a bird – a strange, green-headed bird, but that’s where my mind went 🙂
I think spring is just getting ready to spring . I can see it everyday on my morning walk to work and can’t wait for when it comes.
Beautiful!
Thank you Sue.
Lovely pictures, Ben. Good to see signs of spring, very cheerful. I love the “snowdrop rule of thirds”, nice composition, and with the background blurred, looks quite minimalist.
Thank you Katie, with snowdrops the rule of thirds works most to the time. Minimalist sounds about right for that picture. Thanks for taking the time to comment.
I like the last two. Than you for showing us different ways to present for the same flower.
My pleasure Amy. The last two are nice shots. Thanks for taking the time to comment.
I love the solitary snowdrop. I could not find one in the UK, but used to always see them in my home country. The most beautiful flowers
I used to find them in the UK more in wooded areas, now living on the continent I do see them more often in the winter/spring months.
Thats funny cos my yellow crocuses have just popped their gorgeous flowers out and that means autumn and change odf seasons down here
We generally get purple crocuses at the beginning of spring. I have never seen yellow ones in nature, will need to keep my eye open in the autumn to see if we get this variation as well.
i remember one trip i did to portugal seeing a whole field of lilac crocuses…twas indeed amazing! and it was the change of seasons again. : ))
Love your Solitary Snowdrop Ben … not that I wanted to choose a favourite 😉 they are all very appealing shots of this little spring flower !
Hi Poppy, it is a hard choice and I agree solitary snowdrop is a really nice shot and one of my fave as well.
Hard to choose one, but if pushed into our snowbanks, I’d say the Solitary Snowdrop.
From reading the comments I think solitary snowdrop is a strong image I’d a strong image and it is also one of my favourites.
So many spring flowers are delicate.
Hi Dave, you’re right it doesn’t take much of a change in the weather to kill off a new flower.