 |  | | | | Tuesday 18 September 2001 | | |
For Christina Rossetti, the snowdrop was "cheerful and hopeful in the frosty dew".
The little white flowers that come up through the cold ground are a merciful sign that spring isn't far away.
Now is the time to be planting them says Kathy Brown, the author of 'Bulbs For All Seasons'.
Jennifer Chevalier went to her garden in Bedfordshire to learn all about the first bulbs of the year.
Bulbs For All Seasons (Aquamarine; ISBN 190314101X)
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