Galanthus in March 2013

[Hagen Engelmann]

GRÜNER FRÜHAUFSTEHER is here again. Today in snow.
He should start the march.
This month could be the month of the green and continental snowdrops.
When I was in UK I saw a lot of fine snowdrops.
Big, bigger and biggest drops.
But where were the greens?
Yes, I saw CASTLE GREEN DRAGON and ROSEMARY BURNHAM in best quantity and quality,
but after them there was a rapid end.

[Brian Ellis]

Good to see your snowdrop season is starting again Hagen, I hope you are better and will enjoy all the lovely snowdrops.

[Hagen Engelmann]

Brian, I like to see the flowers much more than the bulbs under the soil. I`m OK again - season begins - I have no other chance.

[Hans A.]

Wundervoll Hagen!  Is it a Galanthus nivalis?

[annew]

What a superb greeny!

[kentish_lass]

Had visitors the last two days who have enjoyed the snowdrops I bought inside!  It was a bit cold for them.  Here is one little vase of snowdrops I picked and the other one is on the table surrounded with food!  The cold weather seems to be holding them in limbo so hopefully I can get out soon to take some photos.

[kentish_lass]

Could this bulb be chipped now - it was sliced by mistake?  Would I just cut off the neck as usual and trim the roots trying to salvage any basal plate.....or is it too early?

[Peppa]

Wow, this one is stunning and unique, Hagen!

[Hagen Engelmann]

Jenny, I only give those bulbs in a bag of vermiculite and put it in a drawer. Best to disinfect the bulb before. Sometimes I got a fine daughterbulb (smaller but OK), but not always!!!
Fingers crossed.

[JacquelineJ]

Loving the pictures!

What do you use to disinfect bulbs?

[JacquelineJ]

Here is a green for you Hagen, my latest acquisition "Margaret Biddulph"

[Brian Ellis]

Lovely snowdrop Jacqueline, my buds were eaten by some little horror, they seem to like the virescent ones as Hugh Mackenzie was chomped too!

[Hagen Engelmann]

Jaqueline, I lost my MB also last year, good that you remember: there was another good virescens!!!
I use Dithane Neo Tec but also charcoal powder.

[ichristie]

Hello all, here is my latest seedling from Green Dragon it is called green Shadow, cheers Ian the Christie kind

[Peppa]

Jacqueline, this is pretty, too!

Yesterday, I went to visit the garden of Barbara Flynn, one of our Pacific Northwest local galanthophiles, to see her snowdrops. It was amazing, and I saw several interesting unnamed ones. We don't have many collectors here compared to in Europe, so I don't have many chances to see different kinds of snowdrops in person, but it really is nice to be able to see all the little differences between them.

I think that Jim posted about this one on this forum last year, but here is 'Canadian Winter,' discovered by Barbara. It looks very vigorous and forms nice clumps.