Despite the fact that the fields are still covered with a white snow cover, spring still clearly shows its rights. And in order to establish herself in her power, she first produces white flowers - snowdrops. With unique resilience, the harbingers of spring break through the snow and stubbornly reach for the sun. Although they are fragile and delicate in appearance, any plant can envy their perseverance and irresistible desire to live. At a time when snowdrops are blooming, all nature comes to life after long winter days: snow melts, streams murmur, rings under the windows of drops.
Where do snowdrops grow
It is impossible to unequivocally answer the question of where the snowdrops bloom. The geographic spectrum of their growth is quite large: they grow on the territory of
Asia Minor, Central and Southern Europe, but the largest number of flowers inhabits the mountain valleys of the Caucasus. Anyone who was in these parts at a time when snowdrops were blooming must have noticed how nature comes to life with the appearance of these fragile snow-white inflorescences. But, despite their beauty and resistance to climatic changes in temperature, they are quite capricious and prefer open sunny glades - places where you can safely grow. The duration of their flowering is only two to three decades, depending on climatic conditions.
How to determine the growing season
In nature, there are more than 12 species of galanthus (snowdrops), and half of them are listed in the Red Book. At a time when snowdrops bloom, you can determine their
growing season, which depends on the location and climatic conditions. If you cut the flower bulb along, you can find out its life time. The section shows that it consists of the number of scales of previous years of life. Each year, 3 scales arise, one of which grows from the bottom sheet, and the other two from the base of assimilating leaves. 3 leaflets with pointed tips emerge from each neck of the bulb.
How do snowdrops breed?
Let's understand not only how the
snowdrops bloom, but also how they multiply. A snow-white flower about 20 cm in size, with a subtle, hardly perceptible pleasant smell, appears on the earth's surface simultaneously with two linear green leaves with their own individual surface. In some it is keeled, in others it is smooth, in others it is folded. For propagation, galanthus has rounded fruits in the form of fleshy boxes divided into compartments, each of which contains several small black seeds. At the end of flowering, a ripe box opens from below, and all seeds fall to the ground. And then the ants carry them to different points of the earth. After the period when the snowdrops bloom, their bulbs are again stocked with useful substances. And white
spring flowers are gaining strength for growth in the new season.
Why do they bloom early
Now let's find out why snowdrops bloom early? They appear in a white light before other plants, because they belong to the category of bulbous, which usually first grow themselves, and then grass is shown around them. Due to the appearance of flower arrows from the root, they do not need to spend time and energy on a separate flower appearance. Its laying occurs in the summer, therefore, snowdrops live very little and quickly go into regular hibernation until the next flowering.