This may be the most challenging month for my contribution to Garden Bloggers‘ Bloom Day at May Dreams Gardens. My garden is buried beneath snow and ice, but I was fortunate enough to find at least one resilient snowdrop bloom in the Front Border to share with you. There were actually a few more, but the children picked them to make a small vase. Inside, I have some amaryllis blooming, which you can see here (white) and here (red).
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day, January 2009: Snowdrops in the Snow!
Heirloom Gardener 
lovely!!
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Hello,Lovely red amaryllis. Six weeks from planting to flowering: is that all it took? I must try one sometime. Such a bold plant.
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Joco,Yes, that’s about right. I planted a bunch at the same time and the earliest bloomed at six weeks and I have some blooming now at eight weeks, so somewhere around there.-Heirloom Gardener
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There’s something so thrilling about finding the first Snowdrop bud, moreso than for any other plant. There’s a symbolic lesson in there somewhere, but I’m too cold to figure out what it is.
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Love your amaryllis! I got mine started a little late this year but they should be blooming in a couple weeks.
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Bless it’s little heart!
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Happy GBBD. I love your little snowdrop. It looks so resilient. I stayed inside for this month.~~Dee
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I hope that snow melts soon and your bulbs all grow and bloom!
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I’m very impressed by your little snowdrop, and knowing there were more… that’s wonderful!Thanks for joining in for bloom day.Carol, May Dreams Gardens
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LOL-it took me a minute to figure out what that first picture was. It sort of looks like a man who is wearing very pointy shoes buried in the snow with his leg sticking out. Hmmm…maybe skipping my coffee this morning wasn’t such a good idea after all! Congratulations on your brave little flower.
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I think I’d classify any plant that can grow and Bloom(!) in the snow as a miracle…
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Nancy,I agree. It’s a little miracle.-Heirloom Gardener
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Now *that’s* determination. I imagine it’s freeze-dried by now. But at least we all got to admire it, so its efforts were not in vain. Thanks for sharing!
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What a sight to see one lonely bud sticking up from the snow and ice!
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You’re lucky, I have nothing growing outside right now. I can’t wait until spring!
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Wow snowdrops already! Can’t wait till these little guys come up here in Syracuse.
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