I saved this Instagram photo of naturalized snowdrops on the grounds of an English Manor House. Mine are just sending up their green shoots but it will be a while before they are mature enough to bloom. I brought them with me from my old house when I moved in my cottage. Snowdrops are my favorite harbingers of spring.
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The photo is lovely and thank you for posting it. I have snowdrops scattered here there and everywhere,
but I've never thought about planting them in the lawn.
I have neighbours who had masses of naturalized violets in their lawn which used to bloom very early every spring. The little purple flowers were intensely beautiful and I loved it! But then a couple of years ago, their house was renovated and all their turf was dug up and thrown out!
Very sad....
Elizabeth S -- I have wild violets growing in my front lawn and I love those dear little purple flowers too. I never do a first mowing until they are on their way out. They are viewed as a 'broad leaf weed" and are killed off when people use those "weed and feed" fertilizers. Clover is considered to be a weed too but I love it too and the bees love the blossoms. I hand-dig my dandelions if they bother me too much. I have never used Roundup or any other type of herbicide on my lawn. This year I might thin some of my snowdrops and plant the bulbs in my front yard. That is sad indeed about your old neighbors' violet yard being dug up. Sob.
xo, Rosemary
This must be the lawn violets group! I too have them in my lawn and borders. Also my Lily of the Valleys have spread, love them too.Which is correct Lily of the Valleys or Lilies of the Valley, always confuses me🤔🙄 awe and the the Blue Bells and Daffs and lawn daisies all naturalized, whatjoy!! Thank you for posting everyday, I never miss it!xx
Those snowdrops give me hope. We've had a long and difficult winter, so spring will be that much sweeter this year. Beautiful picture!
I picked my first snowdrops the other day. Gazing on them is doing a world of good to pull me out of my winter slump. Finally, spring is on the way. Regarding clover, if you do a search, there are multiple benefits to having clover in your lawn. It used to be a standard part of grass seed mixes. I've spent my whole life loving violets scattered through the lawn. However, in the last couple of years (and I've lived in my house for 30), the violets have really taken off. Now I'm pulling them out because they really have become as invasive as weeds. Is it a change in climate that's making them grow more than they used to? I hate to admit that I see them now as pesky, though I still let lots of them grow.
justaweecatnap -- I know clover is beneficial to my yard. I hesitate to call it a lawn because I don't mow that often and almost never rake the clippings as I have a mulching mower. I had a violet invasion at my first house 1975-1990 and I tried to get rid of them by pulling them up. It was like pulling a long "chain" and I eventually gave up and converted the wood-chipped "bed" to turf so I could mow over it with my John Deere. Weeding has never been my forte. Maybe you could do an early mowing in the areas where they are taking over.
Ask Tara Dillard at [ taradillard.blogspot.com ] what she would. She calls her yard Tara Turf. If it's green, it stays. She's a landscape architect too.
xo, Rosemary
Mary Anne Komar -- Mary Anne, I always say Lilies of the Valley. I brought mine from my last house and they have finally started to spread. I love them too, especially their scent. I have never heard of the "lawn violets group" and will research. I would LOVE to have a spring-blooming lawn full of mini daffodils and snowdrops and maybe it will become a reality soon.
xo, Rosemary
Pam -- Hope is what snowdrops give me too. They are tiny but mighty spring bulbs and they are brave too for weathering whatever March has to offer. For the past several years, March has been the worst winter month in my area. Fingers crossed for a milder one this year. We shall see whether it comes in like a lion or a lamb tomorrow, Friday - March 1, 2019.
xo, Rosemary
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