Spring snowflakes, open gardens and a pair of pigeons - Driftwood Diary

Looking pretty still in my garden are the delicate bell-shaped flowers of Leucojum vernum or spring snowflake. This is a bulbous perennial with strap-shaped glossy dark green leaves and erect stems with 1 or 2 broadly bell-shaped, green-tipped white flowers. Snowflakes enjoy woodland conditions similar to snowdrops but flower later, establishing to form bold clumps. Mine were originally planted beneath the pear tree in the garden when we moved here back in 2004. I had to dig them up and decided to place them in 2 large containers, which is where they have been since and flower every spring.