Galanthus in January 2014

[Webster008]

Very fine snowdrops everyone!

Here one which wants to be a snowflake, topping 40 cm in height.

À great snowdrophttp://

[Hans J]

here are pics from my Galanthus rizehensis ( received from a nice friend ) 

this plants are from the Black Sea area ( Russia )

the second pic shows a nice aberration ...maybe something special for the Olympic Games 

also is flowering Galanthus reginae olgae ssp. vernalis ex Sicily
( grown from seeds ex Sicily )

[ashley]

Strange to see that extra petal from the top of the ovary in your rizehensis Hans.  Since it affects more than one flower maybe the trait is stable.

[snowdropcollector]

Hans, Great pictures of your Rizehensis. I tried to grow it outside in the garden, but lost my two bulbs....
Do you grow them outside, or in a shed ?
Nice work with growing your Reg Olg's ex Sicily from seeds 

[Hans J]

Strange to see that extra petal from the top of the ovary in your rizehensis Hans.  Since it affects more than one flower maybe the trait is stable.

Ashley
two of my bulbs from G.rizehensis have this extra petal ...so I suppose this clone has always this sign

[Hans J]

Hans, Great pictures of your Rizehensis. I tried to grow it outside in the garden, but lost my two bulbs....
Do you grow them outside, or in a shed ?
Nice work with growing your Reg Olg's ex Sicily from seeds 

Thanks Richard
This pot with rizehensis is in my greenhouse ...for security 
I have other pots ( from a other location )outside ...and it looks so far OK

Same is with my G.reg.olg.vernalis ex Sicily ...until now they have good survived the desaster from last year

[mark smyth]

I have rizehensis in a trough and in the ground. Trough bulbs seem happier and multiplying

[ichristie]

Hello Mark, all here is a picture of the leaves G. x Ramsay some bulbs have a twin flower spike as well the leaves are folded  over on one side this is from the G. plicatus I guess, cheers Ian

[Hans A.]

Superb!  A fine upstanding creature with a noble ambition 

, thanks Maggi, it always has been large but is the first time it has this size. Would be nice it would repeat the size next year.

[snowdropcollector]

 , thanks Maggi, it always has been large but is the first time it has this size. Would be nice it would repeat the size next year.
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Hans, it really is a huge snowdrop, lovely  . I know one more snowdrop like this; Elwesii 'Richard Handscombe'.

[johnralphcarpenter]

I don't have anything too exotic or rare but some nice clumps are building up:

Galanthus plicatus 'Colossus', Galanthus 'Galatea' (with Hellebore leaf!)

[ChrisD]

A first for me today, I was buying some compost at a local garden centre and there were two trays of Galanthus elwesii labelled as "Snowdrops - Galanthus nivalis". Never seen them mislabelled like that before.

Of course this left a slight dilemma - do you tell the staff. In my case No, I just had a look at the markings, found one I liked and bought the pot (2.40 pounds for the pot of 5). The one I liked had a marking a bit like Sophie North and was much taller and stronger looking than most of the others. Mind you they were in such tiny pots that they have very little chance to look very good, good strong root growth from the drainage holes!!!

Got them home and planted them (pot and all) into a bigger pot. Didn't want to take them out of the small pot for fear of breaking all the roots. Will try to post a picture next weekend.

Chris

[Uwe]

Hagen today in tv   
 
programme SO 19.01.2014  18:00 -please away minute 14.40:

http://www.rbb-online.de/gartenzeit/

[Alan_b]

I don't think I learned the German for leaf at school but I learned it in the video.  And was that saying "The greener, the dearer"?

[Paddy Tobin]

A television superstar - and good with the snowdrops too.

Lovely to see you, Hagen.