The snowdrops have been showing for more than a week, but today – (Feb 17th) – the watery sunshine is making the air throb… The fine bunched fingers of snowdrop foliage, lush blue-green, chime with the hellebores’ apple-blossom-blushes.
Helleborus x ericsmithii Snowdrops & ferns 
Snowdrops Snowdrops in the woodland beds Hellebore & snowdrops Arum italicum & Cyclamen
Evergreen fronds of Korean rock fern (Polystichum tsussimense) provide a contrasting lacy stiffness ~ they always fit in here. Nearby, variegated arum lily and cyclamen create a tapestry of winter foliage that will die back before the summer. Jostling them, vibrant green Narcissus buds, fit to burst, threaten a change of tempo. They’ll shake up the colour pallet and give the whole scene a second life…
…but that’s a few days away.