Further about the Snowdrop Flower

The plant is because it quickly and easily naturalizes in many parts of. Its natural range is probably Southern and Central Europe. Its size is not fixed. In the Netherlands the species belongs to the stinzen plants.

Flowering early in the year unfavorable for insect visitors and thus cross-pollination, but it does not appear possible. Honeybees and bumblebees to get good again as early as the snowdrops in February from a light orange colored pollen and even a small amount of nectar. Perhaps there will sometimes fruiting in the Benelux. The seeds are then dragged by ants, because ants a sandwich sits. But by far most important kind of increase goes through asexual reproduction: the multiplication of the bulbs. It saves the plant quickly and easily. Where once he grows he can easily maintain. In Central and Southern Europe fly so early in the year, possibly more bugs due to higher temperatures and there may fruiting may occur.

Snowdrops are often used as a garden plant. In a very large part of the gardens in Western Europe, he is planted. He is here as an early herald spring. Growing snowdrops takes several years and why he was refurbished in Snowdrops forests, where they were harvested from time to time. This happened on the island include, where even today many snowdrops in the woods to find. Snowdrops Bulbs are poisonous.

Compared with various cultivars was originally just snowdrop by the narrow, gray green leaves easily recognizable. The wild form grows in gardens, often associated with cultivated forms. Other species of the genus Galanthus be used in gardens.

For the snowdrops forests on the island were the balls from forests in France achieved. With these balls are also other types come along who have managed to maintain, as the fertile plain form of celandine. Snowdrops grow on shaded ground.



Source: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gewoon_sneeuwklokje

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