galanthus

A thin, pale sun warms the patch of galanthus in our back yard.

Tom Sawyerish M-mv 2008

The Misses M-mv, who were, alas, too sick to venture out into yesterday's cold, beautiful sunshine, were delighted when I darted out into the back yard with a large soup spoon and a plastic bowl and returned bearing two small galanthus plants, bulbs and all.

Saint Patrick: A Visual Celebration M-mv 2005

Yes, those are the galanthus plants I brought in earlier this week.

On the nightstand (under the pillow, in the knapsack, etc.) M-mv 2005

Her vision of spring renewal has been unfolding in gentle waves since the galanthus first poked their heads through the winter-tough soil on a warm day in early March.

We remember you. M-mv 2005

But the galanthus have pushed through the cold, dry earth, past the old grass and the drying leaves, around the crumbly soil and organic debris.

Galanthus M-mv 2006

But the galanthus have pushed through the cold, dry earth, past the old grass and the drying leaves, around the crumbly soil and organic debris.

Archive 2006-03-01 M-mv 2006

Her vision of spring renewal has been unfolding in gentle waves since the galanthus first poked their heads through the winter-tough soil on a warm day in early March.

Archive 2005-06-01 M-mv 2005

The Misses M-mv, who were, alas, too sick to venture out into yesterday's cold, beautiful sunshine, were delighted when I darted out into the back yard with a large soup spoon and a plastic bowl and returned bearing two small galanthus plants, bulbs and all.

Archive 2005-03-01 M-mv 2005

Yes, those are the galanthus plants I brought in earlier this week.

Archive 2005-03-01 M-mv 2005

Most galanthus, meaning milk flower and also known as February fairmaids, are white and green.

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph Louise Gray 2012