Galanthus that are truly easy to recognise!

[mark smyth]

I think we should stick to snowdrops that are available

[johnw]

I think we should stick to snowdrops that are available

Cathy Portier has offered 'Funny Justine' in the past.  No double 'Grake's Gold' will hit the streets one day soon.

johnw

[Alan_b]

I think we should stick to snowdrops that are available

Availability is nebulous, however it would be nice if we could find images of all the snowdrops on the list.  'Blue Magnet' seems to be the one that is lacking a 'face' to put to the name.  Here are links to images of the first two for starters:

Ailwyn:  Some nice images in the second post here http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=6216.0
Alburgh Claw:  http://www.snowdropinfo.com/galanthus%20nivalis%20alburgh%20claw.html (thanks to Mark)

Although widely available, I cannot find a good photo of Anglesey Abbey that shows both the leaf colour and some semi-poculiform flowers; it's the combination of the two characteristics that makes this one unique.

I'll try to continue linking to pictures as time permits; anybody else is welcome to help.

[mark smyth]

Angelsey Abbey

[johnw]

If I had a Trappist under my belt I think I could identify Melanie S.  Two Trappist and well, forget it.

[Gerard Oud]

I saw Moses Basket last spring for the first time without a look on the label

[WimB]

Wim,'Blue Magnet' was named the last saturday in February this year,and was on FULL display in two different places in the garden.I won't say here which garden,But you could ask me offline.

Next you'll be telling me that there's no double woronowii.............

Sorry, Steve Hadn't read your first response...should teach me to read the entire thread BEFORE placing a response
The magnet though was just a regular Galanthus on a blue background.

[Alan_b]

Diane Clement posted a picture of 'Boyd's Double' (reply #88) and there is a similar image here http://www.galanthus.co.uk/Upload_products/Boyds_double.JPG.  On the other hand, the pictures on the normally reliable Judy's Snowdrops web site look very different http://www.judyssnowdrops.co.uk/Plant_Profiles/nivalis/boyds_double/boyds_double.htm showing something that is a much deeper green with shorter fatter petals.  Is Janet wrong on this one?  Or is Boyd's Double very variable?

Either way, it's one to go in Wim's 'Spiky Group' classification along with 'The Alburgh Claw' & 'Blewbury Tart/Green Fingers.  'Walrus', on the other hand does, not fit the description of 'flower upright or more-or-less upright' so I guess it would have to go in Wim's 'Double Group' despite the long green spikes that are its distinctive feature.  Is that correct, Wim? 

[Diane Clement]

Diane Clement posted a picture of 'Boyd's Double' (reply #88) and there is a similar image here    [url=http://www.galanthus.co.uk/Upload_products/Boyds_double.JPG]http://www.galanthus.co.uk/Upload_products/Boyds_double.JPG[/url]  dot removed from url
On the other hand, the pictures on the normally reliable Judy's Snowdrops web site look very different http://www.judyssnowdrops.co.uk/Plant_Profiles/nivalis/boyds_double/boyds_double.htm showing something that is a much deeper green with shorter fatter petals.  Is Janet wrong on this one?  Or is Boyd's Double very variable? ..

They all look slightly different, but I would have thought this was acceptable variation down to stage of development or cultivation differences.  Mine was taken at Margaret Owen's a couple of years ago so I would have thought it was the correct thing.

[David Nicholson]

This List gets longer. I'm pretty certain it's just a gallanthophilistic attempt to persuade the rest of us that they are all different 

[Alan_b]

Au contraire, David, the ones that don't make the list are the ones you should call into question.  Although it's entirely subjective, all the ones on the list are reckoned to be instantly recognisable and so necessarily 'all different'.  It's a pity we cannot put a picture next to each of them; then you would see it's true.

[johnralphcarpenter]

It's a pity we cannot put a picture next to each of them; then you would see it's true.

Why not?

[mark smyth]

It's a pity we cannot put a picture next to each of them; then you would see it's true.

Once the list is complete I'll make a web page for them

[Alan_b]

Thanks, Mark, you're a gem.

[MR GRUMPY]

I think we should stick to snowdrops that are available

If you know the right people,all are available.