Snow-white snowdrop and its cultivation

Primroses delight us with their beauty in early spring, without even waiting for the flowers to completely melt. In the wild, they are becoming less and less, they are listed in the Red Book, but many gardeners practice their breeding in summer cottages. Snow-white snowdrop is a bulbous winter-hardy plant of the amaryllis family. They are also called galanthuses. Its bulbs should not be planted in spring, before flowering, but during the dormant period in July-August. A plant planted in spring may not bloom at all or even die.

If you want to start flowering as early as possible, choose sunny, well-ventilated areas for planting. Those who do not visit the garden in early spring. can still admire the beautiful white flowers if the bulbs are planted in the shade. Arrange the plants in groups of 2-3 pieces, burying the bulbs to a depth of about 5 cm. Beautiful flower beds are obtained if the snow-white snowdrop is combined with other primroses, for example, dream-grass, corydalis, lungwort,

Without transplanting, these plants can feel great for about 7 years, then they begin to shrink. During the growing season, potash and phosphorus fertilizers have a beneficial effect, but nitrogen fertilizers are best avoided, they cause too violent growth of leaves. The leaves of this plant are involved in the accumulation of nutrients, so it is better not to cut them off after flowering, but wait until they die completely. So the bulb will have more strength to please you with abundant flowering for the next year, to form children or to take root in a new place.