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Why the snowdrops have green tips

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Category: Garden | Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 8:18 pm

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A long time ago when all animals, flowers and everything else was created, they were all given their own colour. The sunflowers stood tall and proud and rejoiced at their lovely yellow. The bluebells whispered amongst themselves: «Look at us, look how pretty we are!» The red roses nodded and mirrored themselves in the puddles, and were very pleased with what they saw. Yes, they were all very happy and thought themselves very lucky to have such wonderful colours.

«But what about me?» asked the snow. «I haven't got any colour at all.»

«Oh dear, oh dear,» cried the colour fairies. «We forgot about you, and now all the colours have been used. We have nothing left. We'll go and ask the flowers if any of them are willing to share their colour with you.»

So out they went and asked all the flowers, but to no avail. Neither the humble primrose nor the proud delphinium wanted to share their colour with the snow. Everywhere the snow fairies got the same answer: «We're sorry, but we need all the colour ourselves,» they said.

The colour fairies were about to give up when a small snowdrop spoke in a timid voice. «I'll share my colour with the snow, if the snow thinks my colour is pretty enough for it.» The snow was very pleased to get a colour and thanked the snowdrop very politely.

The snow never forgets the kindness of the snowdrop, and does his best not to harm her if he falls while she is blooming. And that's why the snowdrop has green tips on her flowers.




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Palm Tree wrote on Mon Feb 25, 2008 8:44 pm:

That is so sweet. I also have them here every year and they ask for so little and really announce the beginning of the end of winter. If only I can get some snow for them.

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Kratz7 wrote on Mon Feb 25, 2008 9:30 pm:

Hey, I have the snow(about an inch left) you could have it, I am so ready for Spring.
Are the snowdrops flower seeds or bulbs, and where did you get them?
Great story,

Kratz7

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Biita wrote on Mon Feb 25, 2008 10:13 pm:

That is very nice droopy, excellent story. I have the snow, not alot, but lots of ice. hopefully it will melt soon so my snowdrops will come thru.

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eileen wrote on Mon Feb 25, 2008 10:33 pm:

I must have around 1,500 snowdrops in my garden so I really thoroughly enjoyed your story about them as they are one of my favourite flowers.

As an aside... do you buy yours 'in the green' or do you simply plant the bulbs Droopy?

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Droopy wrote on Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:12 am:

Thank you all. I read that story somewhere when I was young, but I'm unable to remember where. I found it sweet too.

Our ordinary snowdrops were a clump of bulbs found in a stone fence by our property. When I lifted them, there were at least 100 bulbs, so I planted them in different locations.

The ones in the photo were bought a couple of hours' drive from here, and were done blooming when I collected them. The G. elwesii shown in my spring thread came by express mail. Only three bulbs are showing out of five.

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