Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
Bulbs => Galanthus => Topic started by: johnw on May 04, 2014, 02:20:49 PM
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Well it has been a very slow spring here. Tubby Merlin started to flower on the 20th of March and today, the 4th of May, it is just as fresh as the day it opened. I am more impressed with it by the day.
johnw - +9c at 10:12.
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Well it has been a very slow spring here. Tubby Merlin started to flower on the 20th of March and today, the 4th of May, it is just as fresh as the day it opened. I am more impressed with it by the day.
johnw - +9c at 10:12.
Good to hear - we tubbies are often underestimated, y'know.
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My first snowdrops of the season are about to flower. 8)
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My first snowdrops of the season are about to flower. 8)
Tell us more Anthony!
johnw
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Galanthus reginae-olgae (came as corcyrensis, so perhaps from Corfu?). I am delighted to say that I see shoots in my pots of Galanthus second season seedlings, indicating a south facing wall provides a suitable environment for snowdrops in Auckland.
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How exciting Anthony. I hope you will go on to breed a whole line of Auckland friendly snowdrops. I suppose the Greek species will be most important to you but am sure you can/will get into all sorts of mischief. ;)
johnw
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Anthony , I too have been growing G. corcyrensis for nearly 60 years here in Melbourne and find that it and reginae-olgae , r.-o. 'Cambridge' and peshmenii need a sunny ,warm spot to flower freely here . They start flowering in late March and had the last flowers a few days ago.
Already the first winterfl. snowdrops are in bloom here : G. ikariae ssp. snogerupii ( not a valid name ?) and 'Three Ships' .
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I'm looking to increase my snowdrop collection. The corcyrensis gets a good summer baking.