Galanthus in March 2014

[snowdropcollector]

Thank you all for the nice comments, but please note they are not my snowdrops  . I have a few of those now  .

Ian, they are not Elwesii, it is all Nivalis. A few could be Hybrids, but as far I could see it is all Nivalis.

Lina, I only know this 'Charlotte' is named after the collectors grand child

[Maggi Young]

Maggi,
        I wish we had the graphics from the flemish forum,There amazing

I think this is what t you need :

[snowdropcollector]

Speaking of great plants Steve............. , yours looks great also !!
Thank you for posting the pictures 

[MR GRUMPY]

I think this is what t you need :

(Attachment Link)

  Lol
   I wish i had the one with the bag over the head 

[mark smyth]

Here's a couple from today.

 1. Fieldgate Fortissimo :-from Avon bulbs

which we now know is Fieldgate Forte according to Alan

[Maggi Young]

  Lol
   I wish i had the one with the bag over the head 

That's this one, I think...... 

or perhaps this :

[MR GRUMPY]

That's this one, I think......  (Attachment Link)

That's the one it makes,LoL 

[MR GRUMPY]

which we now know is Fieldgate Forte according to Alan

Yeah Mark.
     Lets call it Fieldgate **** Knows.Or has that name already gone?.

[MR GRUMPY]

That's this one, I think......  (Attachment Link)

or perhaps this : (Attachment Link)

I'm still laughing

[Alan_b]

It is a pity there are two snowdrops called Charlotte now.
The other one is a nivalis selected by Jan Huisman.

There was actually a third one distributed by Joe Sharman, a poculifrom nivalis with a split spathe, but that one was renamed to 'Charlotte Jean' when he found that the name 'Charlotte' was already in use.  I have never been able to spot anything at all to distinguish Jan Huisman's 'Charlotte' from a run-of-the-mill nivalis but he got first dibs on the name.

[Lina Hesseling]

You are right, Alan. I do grow G. nivalis 'Charlotte' and it is not different.

It is a pity Huisman named it.

Lina.

[Mavers]

lots of lovely snowdrops, thanks for posting them all folks.

[Tim Ingram]

I hardly think of snowdrops in March but these are a few later flowers... (mostly over now, so only just into the month).

G. x allenii - I think pretty rarely grown or pictured, but perhaps I missed it. It hasn't increased much but...
G. hybrid - this might have G. x allenii in its parentage? Nearby is 'Gerard Parker' which also looks to have crossed with nivalis, though these are now all over.
G. ikariae - a super species which sets masses of seed and self-sows freely (originally came from Kath Dryden). This is still flowering strongly. Why does it seem so rarely grown?
G. woronowii - differs from ikariae in not setting seed, with glossier leaves and a much smaller marking to the inner tepals. These are two forms - one with tiny flowers (actually charming in its way) and a much finer and elegant form. Perhaps I should try to cross between them and see if some seed is set? There are several other woronowii in the garden too - question: are these sterile in their natural habitat like some forms of nivalis?

[emma T]

My mum has a seeding form of woronowii in her garden , it's spreading down a grassy bank

[Maggi Young]

Today has been probably the nicest of the year so far - warm and sunny - the 'drops are looking nice  so here are a few pix  - click them to enlarge