I photographed Summer Snowflakes (Leucojum Aestivum) at Green Spring Gardens last year (see that posting here, along with a nifty photography tip!), and then planted a dozen bulbs in my own garden—and they’re now in bloom again here! I think they have a Calder-esque look to them, don’t you?—like little mobiles or elegant sculptures. I especially like the tension of all the converging leaf lines combined with the curving of the flowers—so graphic! Today was such a good and creative day (even after I had to put away the camera and get back to my paying design work!) Here’s wishing all my days could be like this one!
Addendum: Last year, when I was trying to identify them, I thought they were SnowDROPS. These are actually SnowFLAKES. The Snowflake is a taller flower that normally has more than one flower per stem. Snowflake petals are even and have green spots on each end. Snowdrops have helicopter-like petals and the green appears on the inner petals.
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We call these Snow drops around here. First flowers I see in mid-March after the snow recedes. Beautiful and dainty to look at but these are very hardy to bloom when they do.
Hi Scott! Last year, when I was trying to identify them, I thought they were snowdrops. These are actually snowflakes. The snowflake is a taller flower that normally has more than one flower per stem. Snowflake petals are even and have green spots on each end. SnowDROPS have helicopter-like petals and the green appears on the inner petals. That’s how I knew I had snowflakes and not snowdrops!
Thanks, Cindy. I am not versed in the ways of wild flowers. Wild animals I am pretty good at though.