Galanthus in January 2014

[zephirine]

I went to check, Alan, and you are right, it is a double.
I do remember planting a few bulbs of double nivalis in that place, a few years ago (a  gift from a friend). None of them had ever come back so far...
It will be the only double in my garden, anyway! (I like the single ones better...)
Better late than never, and better beheaded than nothing! 

[Alan_b]

The mark on the inner petals looks too large for a pure nivalis double and the inner petals are very neatly arranged, which is rare for a pure nivalis double.  Could it be a nivalis x plicatus hybrid double, such as one of the Greatorex doubles? 

[zephirine]

I don't kow, Alan...I'll have to wait until it opens fully, to have a better idea.
I'll keep an eye on it, and I'll come back to you when I have better pics. You make me curious, now! 

[Ding Dong]

Good article by Val Bourne in the Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/plants/10601297/The-mad-world-of-snowdrop-collectors.html
 

[Anne Repnow]

Bolinopsis - that's a lovely photo.

Thank you, Anne. Muddy knees afterwards...

[Paddy Tobin]

Arthur, what about G. 'Warwickshire Gemini'? Within a clump there will always be a few with two flowers to the scape and, as I spotted yesterday, an odd one with three - see the photographs below.

Galanthus 'Warwickshire Gemini'

Can anyone identify snowdrops that reliably produce twin bells. 

I have a clump where 3 plants have twin bells, but unfortunately the flowers have suffered damage and I cannot identify.

[steve owen]

Or Harewood Twin?

[Maggi Young]

Or Harewood Twin?

An elegant flower on what looks like a good sturdy stem.

[mark smyth]

wolf whistles at nivalis Green Zebra  http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Galanthus-nivalis-Green-Zebra-snowdrop-/141176737994

[freddyvl]

Open in the garden:
. 'Hercule':  a tall and large-flowered G. elw. (monostictus) from Mark Brown
. 'Deer Slot'
. 'Ballerina': very similar to 'Mrs Wrightson's Double'
. 'Welshway': a neat little double with a eye-catching ovary

[snowdropcollector]

Paddy, thank you for the picture. Mine only has 1 flower, but just got the bulb last summer. Hopefully it will have twinflowers
next year .

[snowdropcollector]

Steve, great to see this snowdrop again. Very lovely snowdrop with good strong flowers 

[snowdropcollector]

Freddy, very nice marking on your 'Deerslot'. Lovely to see.
I like 'Welshway' vey much, very nice ovary, as you said.

[loes]

Or Harewood Twin?

nice photo Steve!

[MR GRUMPY]

Or Harewood Twin?

Lovely pair,Steve .This one was found 15 miles down the road from me.