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Anne Repnow
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Can you put a name to this?
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December 21, 2013, 01:51:20 PM »
25 years ago - not knowing any better
- I planted unspecified packaged snowdrop bulbs from the supermarket in garden nr. 1. Most of them died, of course. Some survived and multiplied to some extent and showed a spectrum of variation. A couple of years ago I selected a few bulbs of the best looking (to my unpracticed eye) and planted them in garden nr. 2. This plant developed beautifully. Can you put a name to it?
Both photographs were taken on Jan. 31, 2013 (Zone 7b)
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Anne Repnow gardening near Heidelberg in Germany
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These photos were taken of the same snowdrop on March 4, 2013
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Pauli
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December 21, 2013, 05:29:42 PM »
Servus,
this is certainly a form of Galanthus elwesii
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December 21, 2013, 06:00:47 PM »
Thank you!
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Diane Whitehead
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December 21, 2013, 06:43:37 PM »
It has a long-lasting flower.
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Diane Whitehead Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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December 21, 2013, 09:18:35 PM »
Yes, I found that unusual - almost 5 weeks between the first and the second photograph.
And it blooms later than my other 'Elwesii's
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Anne Repnow gardening near Heidelberg in Germany
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Alan_b
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December 21, 2013, 10:21:46 PM »
It's a nice attractive elwesii but being bought from the supermarket it will not be a named cultivar. The duration of snowdrop flowers depends a lot on the temperature; the longer it remains cold, the longer the flower last. Infertile snowdrops may last longer; double snowdrops usually last a particularly long time.
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December 21, 2013, 10:36:32 PM »
Thank you, Allan!
And yes, our spring was long and cold and wet...
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December 21, 2013, 11:05:43 PM »
I see why you would have selected that one - it has the features I like in a snowdrop - big, bold mark and a full, voluptuous shape to the petals. If it makes a habit of being able to last for such a long time- it's almost worth having a poor spring!
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December 22, 2013, 01:53:34 PM »
True, different weather conditions mostly have their compensations - apart from hail!
I'll watch out for that particular nameless drop and see how it behaves in the coming spring.
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