Snowdrop Flower January. The snowdrop commonly known as galanthus nivalis is a bulbous flower among the first to announce the end of winter and the arrival of spring. Personalized January Flower Birthday Month.
In some English countries superstition held that if you carried even a single blossom of snowdrop primrose or violet into the house when they first began to bloom you would have bad luck. One snowdrops were often found growing in graveyards and were considered bad luck. Snowdrops originated in Europe and the Middle East but have been introduced to many other parts of the world.
Although the months of the year are set-in stone there are often a few.
The drooping bell-shaped flowers have six segments three white ones outside the flower and three tipped with a bright green spot inside. Blooming in the winter between January and March snowdrops are a known symbol of hope and rebirth. Snowdrop is a January birth month flower. One snowdrops were often found growing in graveyards and were considered bad luck.