Snowdrops everywhere are starting to bloom, including the back garden of my flat in London. As noted in my previous entry we seem to be heading towards an early spring. Some years the Snowdrops are a bit later, then again we've had a rather dry winter. Galanthus favour a wet winter so we'll see how they develop in the weeks ahead.

 They were planted by a previous occupant of the house- I expect they've multiplied considerably over the years. I think these may be the tall, vigorous Galanthus 'Sam Arnott', a variety that was propagated and sold through mail order by the Giant Snowdrop Company which traded in the fifties and sixties.