Galanthus in september 2018

[Harald-Alex.]

The snowdrop-garden is covered with summer-flowers and gras-cutting-materials.
With solar night-lights we reach fine effects after sundown! Foto 1 and 2.
Foto 3: summer-calistephus flowers ther, where we wait for Galanthus r-o flowers in october!

[sokol]

First Galanthus reginae-olgae of the season. A second one was just coming out yesterday.

[Susan W]

First one to flower so far.

[Maggi Young]

Must be that time of year!

[Gerdk]

Galanthus reginae-olgae 'Naomi Slade'

Gerd

[Hannelore]

Pink Panther - only with human eyes in the sun there is a little pink to see. Perhaps it shines up when the flower opens. Anyway, I like my first autumn snowdrop.

Best wishes
Hannelore

[Blonde Ingrid]

Pink Panther - only with human eyes in the sun there is a little pink to see. Perhaps it shines up when the flower opens. Anyway, I like my first autumn snowdrop. (Attachment Link)

You will find this with all the 'orange' and 'pink' drops. I have seen all but one and they are never as described. There is little better orange than the original Jonathan. Objective owners I have spoken to say "It is orange if you hold it up to the Sun and wear orange glasses!" I am waiting to see one other, which I do expect to be vivid orange and will report on it, at a later stage.

These orange and pink drops remind me of a quote from the British author John le Carre in one of his George Smiley novels:

"George Smiley: Ever bought a fake picture, Toby?
Toby Esterhase: I sold a couple once.
George Smiley: The more you pay for it, the less inclined you are to doubt its authenticity".

A sound observation.

[Hannelore]

As I didn't buy this drop, I do not mind.

The story is, that at the end of my visit in Nettetal I bought 2 Tilebarn Jamies with my last money at the stand of the Monksilver nursery. The seller wrapped them in some paper and I took them to my home. Several days later I started planting all I had bought. Unpacking the Tilebarn Jamies I realized that they had completely different leaves, one had small narrow leaves, the other one long broad ones. So I controlled the stickers: One was labelled 'Pink Panter'! I wrote Monksilver about that and they allowed me to keep the plant very generously.
I planted it in a garden bed and now you see what's happening: There is a second flower coming! I'm very excited! You could think that this snowdrop had chosen itself  to come into my  garden. 

Now you can see the colour a little bit better and I swear I did nothing but cut out the snippet and reduced the size of the photo.

Hannelore