Galanthus in November 2016

[Maggi Young]

Showing your photos very nicely here, Rick.  No 'drops in the open garden at this time, but some G.  reginae-olgae's and  G. peshmenii under glass.

[Rick Goodenough]

Thanks Maggie. And of course don't forget to mention your two little Snowdrop impersonators.
Rick

[Alan_b]

... some G.  reginae-olgae's and  G. peshmenii under glass.

I'm sure we would love to see pictures, if Ian is not saving them for his Bulb Log.

[Maggi Young]

Not a lot to see, Alan - I haven't many  and they're not placed for easy photography - what can I tell you - they're snowdrops, just like the others shown in these pages!
And I rather think they've already been in the Bulb Log!

[Rick Goodenough]

Do you grow 'Standing Tall', distributed by Carolyn Walker?  That has the merit of being unusually marked but I would like to know where it fits in the schedule of early-flowering snowdrops.   

Alan, I spotted G. 'Standing Tall' today and took the photo below. It is about an inch high and with our cool autumn, I do not expect a bloom before Christmas. I will try to confirm when it finally opens up here.

Rick

[Alan_b]

Thanks, Rick.  As you know, I have an interest in early snowdrops so your progress reports from another continent are of great interest to me.  We don't really know what factors influence flowering time although it can be very variable from year to year here.  Of the 'earlies' on my list that I own, I currently have flowers on:
Autumn Beauty (going over now)
Mary Hely Hutchinson
Remember Remember
Peter Gatehouse
Else Grollenberg
Kinn McIntosh

plus several unnamed Hiemalis Group elwesiis and some reginae-olgae.  That sounds a lot but apart from Peter Gatehouse I have at most a few of any one cultivar so it will take some years of good growth before I can aspire to a decent display in early December. 

[Rick Goodenough]

Alan, I too am growing a few unnamed autumn blooming elwesii and G.r-o. I am also growing 'Remember Remember' and 'Peter Gatehouse' along with G.r-o. vernalis 'Alex Duguid' along with a few no shows! 'Alex Duguid' is in scape and the bud just dropped, so now if the sun would hit it and temps warm a bit, it will likely bloom soon.

Rick