The first Snowdrops of the year are blooming on Central Park's Cedar Hill.

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11. They definitely come up in the snow

and are very welcome!! Talk about a plant determined to get its head up through all that to get some sunlight.

They seem to like being planted along the edge of the understory of something but I planted mine in a little raised bed, in a patch in front of but just under the widest part of an urn that I have, that is sitting against the SW-facing front part of my house. I know they prefer shade but the sun is usually still low at that time of the year, so they don't get blasted. I wanted something to "see" in late winter/early spring, when I walked out my front door.