Venturing off the beaten track this afternoon, by taking a walk through the woods at Dimminsdale Nature Reserve, we were rewarded with this wonderful display of snowdrops, or galanthus nivalis.
A little known fact from the Royal College of Physicians…
‘Not only are the white flowers of the snowdrop a sight to behold, its bulb contains the alkaloid galantamine – approved for use in the management of Alzheimer’s disease in over 70 countries worldwide, including the UK. Extract of snowdrop was noted by the ancient Greeks for its powerful mind-altering effect’.
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Lovely picture John. These are the favourite flower of the V.I.P. in my life.
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Thank you Derek. I can understand why your V.I.P. likes them. They are certainly uplifting and a sure sign that winter is on its way out and spring will soon be here.
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These Snowdrops flowers are so amazing. I plant in my garden too. Let’s follow our blogs. Anita
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They really are great flowers Anita
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By the way your profile links took me to Itinerantfan blog which looks to be discontinued. I have now found 100 Country Trek. Very interesting.
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Thanks
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We went to a garden centre today and purchased lots of new snow drops to add to our collection!
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I’m going mad. I could have sworn I’d commented and liked this!
Those snowdrops are gorgeous.
There is a garden not far from us that belongs to a charity (forgotten which) they have a February theme of snowdrops each year, just lovely to see the ground covered.
Do you want to hear something funny? After all the praising of technology, the pingbacks have stopped working on my Weekly Prompts site! I think that comes under the category of Sod’s Law. 🙂
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