Snowdrops at Candlemas: there’s no fairer tribute to loved ones than ‘Mary’s Tapers’
Into brown paper bags went the bulbs I would need for a particular project. Snowdrops, of course; I picked the familiar Galanthus nivalis for its early flowers, love of dappled shade and willingness to spread. Then narcissi; the delicate Lent Lily depicted in Cicely Mary Barker’s Flower Fairies of the Spring, set to bloom around Ash Wednesday, naturalise The post Snowdrops at Candlemas: there’s no fairer tribute to loved ones than ‘Mary’s Tapers’ first appeared on Catholic Herald. The post Snowdrops at Candlemas: there’s no fairer tribute to loved ones than ‘Mary’s Tapers’ appeared first on Catholic Herald.
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Into brown paper bags went the bulbs I would need for a particular project. Snowdrops, of course; I picked the familiar Galanthus nivalis for its early flowers, love of dappled shade and willingness to spread. Then narcissi; the delicate Lent Lily depicted in Cicely Mary Barker’s Flower Fairies of the Spring, set to bloom around Ash Wednesday, naturalise
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