Yes!
Snowdrops!
Galanthus Nivalis
Bucaneve
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| literally the first buds |
Galanthus Nivalis flowers in winter but it presages
the end of that season. It has three other appealing characteristics: it will
poke up undeterred through snow, it spreads over time creating carpets of
nodding white flowers, and perhaps best of all: the deer do not like it. I am
not sure it is native here but even if not, it seems to be naturalising.
The common name snowdrop first appeared in the 1633 edition of
John Gerard's Great Herbal. Other British traditional names include
February fairmaids, dingle-dangle, Candlemas bells, Mary's tapers and, in parts of
Yorkshire, snow piercers like the French perce-neige or Italian bucaneve. Adapted
from Wikipedia.
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| many clusters are now springing up and spreading |
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