Snowdrop Flowers

Are you familiar with snowdrop flowers? The snowdrop flower, or Galanthus nivalis, is a member of the Amaryllidaceae family of plants that originated in Europe and grow in various parts of North America. The bulb of the snowdrop flower is mildly toxic, according to North Carolina State University.
We have plenty of snowdrop flowers at our backyard and my daughter loves sniffing at them. Some people believe that snowdrops symbolize new beginnings and hope because they typically bloom at the end of winter and announce the approach of spring. Growing close to the ground, they also represent death. Picking snowdrops and bringing them inside is considered unlucky.

The Beauty of Spring!

Spring is officially here! Wohooo! Thank goodness the weather is back to normal.

Photos were taken at our backyard. Here's Akesha enjoying the snow drop flowers.

I told her "don't eat it baby" she said, "no mama, I'm not eating it! I want to smell the fawers"...lol!

She's trying to get some flowers from the apricot tree.

The Best Flowers For Spring

Choosing the best flowers for spring can be difficult and it is often confusing. Perhaps the most effective way to ensure spring flowers that bloom each year is to plant bulbs in the fall to mid-winter. There are of course flowering plants that you can purchase from your local nursery, but you will want to make sure any chance of freezing weather has passed before planting and in many areas of the country, spring does not arrive until late in the season and by that time you will want to plants flowers in anticipation of summer. You always have the option of purchasing bulbs that have been grown in pots over the winter and are in stock in most garden centers beginning in the late winter months. Here are a few choices of flowering plants that are suitable to plant now and will produce early spring flower:

Winter Aconite

Glory Of The Snow


Netted Iris


Spring Snowflake

Photos; Courtesy of GOOGLE

Top 10 Spring Flowers

Here are the top 10 flowers picks for spring season. Isn't that pretty? Do you have this flowers in your garden? I know I do...hhehehe!...some of them but not all.

Bachelor's Buttons


Calendula


Diascia

Larkspur

Lobelia

Nasturtium

Nierembergia

Petunia

Snapdragon

Viola and Pansy