The bright blue flowers of the glory-of-the-snow are one of the harbingers of spring, often appearing when snow is still on the ground.
A carpet of glory-of-the-snow, anemones, and trout lilies looks lovely blanketing the ground among the awakening crowns of clumping ferns like Dryopteris and Polystichum.
The March Bank is at its peak with millions of scilla and glory-of-the-snow in full bloom.
The glory-of-the-snow was photographed with the camera down in the grass, pointing slightly up to the flower.
It comes even while the ground remains buried under snow and when yet more snow is certain to fall; weeks will pass before the glory-of-the-snows and the crocuses unveil their blossoms.