Snowdrops

Eeyoresdad
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edited February 2018 in Wildlife, Nature & the Great Outdoors #1

How is everyone doing for snowdrops in your area? Been round my local area - Astley Park in Chorley Lancs - and this years display is woeful, compared to previous years. The big display areas, normally a blanket of white are very sparse. Still worth visiting but not a patch on what they can be. Blame the weather?

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  • Oneputt
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    edited February 2018 #2

    Doing well in Norfolk also quite good in our garden

  • ABM
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    edited February 2018 #3

    Despite  sister's  garden  fence  being  seriously  disturbed  by  neighbour  painting  it  the  snowdrops  have  ignored  all  interference  &  insisted  on  doing  whatever  snowdrops  do !!  Popped  up  quite  happily  despite  Herself  getting  a  load  more  "In the Green"  delivered  this  last  w/end  !

  • triky auto
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    edited February 2018 #4

    Doing well in Kent ,,the Crocus's have been trying to come up for the past two weeks ,,but they're very slow .

  • Takethedogalong
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    edited February 2018 #5

    Loads out here, they are lovely. It's a brave crocus that is in flower up here at the moment! Seen odd one in a very sheltered spot, but most are just coming up. Minus 2 outside at the moment here! Brrr...... I put a few pots in, snowdrops and aconites, but the cold drove me back in today. Bone chillingsurprised

  • ABM
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    edited February 2018 #6

    Don't  Blame  'em   really,  even  big  strong  'ard  men  like  you ** Triky  would ( and  do  ?)  prefer  to  be  supervising  from  behind  the  glass  !

     

    **  most  certainly  I  do  anyway cool

  • brue
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    edited February 2018 #7

    Our garden snowdrops have been out for quite a while, crocuses and early daffs too. We're hoping to visit Forde Abbey soon, (south of Crewkerne on the way to Lyme Regis.) Every year they have a lovely display of early spring flowers, we keep missing them and only see the tail end. This year we'll make more of an effort!

    see here FORDE ABBEY

  • Eeyoresdad
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    edited February 2018 #8

    Glad you are more successful than me. The front garden display is poor but the back garden snowdrops are good. Must go to one of our biggest displays - Lytham Hall - see how theirs are. Usually fantastic. My birthday today, perhaps it will be my treat.

  • brue
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    edited February 2018 #9

    We're not more successful we just live a bit further south so our snowdrop season starts quite early, but the big displays are only just out.

    Happy Birthday Eeyoresdad, have a lovely day, hope you get to see the snowdrops. smile

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited February 2018 #10

    Plenty of Snowdrops along the road edges here near Penrith. Ours at home were not yet showing when we left on Wednesday.

  • ABM
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    edited February 2018 #11

    Had  the  motor  on  'Road  Test'  today  &  saw  some  amazing  quantities  of  Daffs  various  out  there  on  verges  near  farm  houses  tween  Knutsford,  Holmes  Chapel  &  Middlewich.  Could  it  be  that  some  Cheshire  farmers  have  taken  the  chains  off  their  wallets,  surely  not  ??

     

     

    P.S.  Hope  you  had  a  great  Birthday,  E  !!  ( did  you  get  that  treat  ??) 

  • Eeyoresdad
    Eeyoresdad Forum Participant Posts: 13
    edited February 2018 #12

    Thank you for birthday wishes. Sadly, although we got to St Annes, the rain was so bad we just did a bit of necessary shopping, a short walk along the front to give Timmy (our dog) a trot, then chilled out in Eeyore (our van, Wildax Solaris) Did not fancy a very wet walk through the woods at Lytham Hall. Good birthday tea with friends though.

  • Fisherman
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    edited February 2018 #13

    Superb display at NT Chirk Castle just now.

  • brue
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    edited February 2018 #14

    Years ago when our family lived in a place devoid of snowdrops I used to love a little box arriving at this time of year from my grandfather in N Wales. The box contained a few fresh snow drops laid on moss. smile

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