Snowdrop Flowering Time Uk. They are a cheerful sight in the garden flowering when little else will marking the height of winter and that the beginning of spring is not far behind. Plant freshly-lifted snowdrops when the foliage is just dying back in late spring.
This wildflowers bobbing white blooms are a much-anticipated sight in the winter months. If it is not possible to plant in late spring buying just after flowering when the leaves are still green in the green is the next best way of establishing snowdrops. In the South snowdrops may even bloom all winter long.
The dangling white flower of the snowdrop is an instantly recognisable spring sight in gardens parks and woodland right across the UK.
The species has long been associated with winter the latin name Galanthus nivalis literally translates as milk flower of the snow. They thrive in lightly shaded woodland areas and can be found all around the UK. Replant in the garden straight away. Wherever Snowdrops grow they generally follow a sequence wherein the ones starting the season typically end it as well.