Timelapse: Watch Delicate Snowdrops Bloom | First Sign of Spring

The sight of snowdrop shoots poking up through snow-covered ground is one of the first signs that spring is near. Although they may look delicate, snowdrops are actually hardy perennials, well adapted to cold winters. The flowers grow from bulbs, aided by harden leaf tips that can push through frozen soil. Each bulb will produce two or three, narrow blue-green, linear leaves and a single stem with one nodding flower. Each flower has three pure white petal-like segments and three white inner segments with a green patch towards the tip.