The Primrose (Primula vulgaris), surely the most beautiful of our new year flowers, its' sunny demeanour reminding us of warmer days to come. We tend to think of the Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis) as our traditional first sign of spring, although it wasn't always so, in truth the Snowdrop only arrived in Britain from France in the 1500's to grace Tudor gardens and wasn't recorded in the wild until 1770. So really it's the Primrose that should rightly hold the title of first sign of spring.
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