Galanthus nivalis; 'snowdrop'

Commonly found in damp woodlands and other shady places, a very noticeable species which flowers January to march.

 Snowdrops are a perennial and grow from a bulb, the leaves flat strap-shaped with being 5-15cm long and 0.5-1cm in width. The flower droops and hang face down this is to protect from frost and this perennial flowers so early.

These snowdrops were found in Platfields Park underneath a large Portuguese Laurel, which casted large amounts of shadow. This is common as snowdrops prefer this and often grows under trees as the soil is often dryer as the larger tree sucks up most of the moister.

As Snowdrops often bloom before many plants, it’s a good bulb to plant to help give designs interest in times of the year wear there wouldn’t be much in bloom, and because of this Snowdrops are used extensively in parks and gardens. They look very attractive and often in Leeds I make an effort to go an specific woodland which is covered in Snowdrops and it’s quite breath-taking, which is actually named bluebell woods in my house as its impressive displays of bluebells also.