Galanthus in March 2014

[Gerard Oud]

When you have time we can have  a look together. Maybe there are more who would like to have a look, i can organise a tour. But NO wheelbarrow or rucksack only photoequipment and you do the rowing

[Alan_b]

I love looking at snowdrops and would gladly take a tour - but I cannot row for toffee.

Is it my imagination or is the mark near the base of the snowdrop in picture 2 of the second set a perfect heart shape?  It certainly looks that way in the one we can see most clearly.  Now that really would make for a perfect valentine snowdrop.   

[mark smyth]

Is it my imagination or is the mark near the base of the snowdrop in picture 2 of the second set a perfect heart shape?  It certainly looks that way in the one we can see most clearly.  Now that really would make fora perfect valentine snowdrop.

Looks perfect to me but does it flower for Feb 14th?

[Gerard Oud]

I love looking at snowdrops and would gladly take a tour - but I cannot row for toffee.

Is it my imagination or is the mark near the base of the snowdrop in picture 2 of the second set a perfect heart shape?  It certainly looks that way in the one we can see most clearly.  Now that really would make for a perfect valentine snowdrop.

Maybe you want to row for coffee And some to go with that coffee of course!
Here are some more pics and the first one is out of the same group like the hartshape snowdrop. There are so many seedlings that have started to clump up, but you can see also the relation they have because of the markings.

The last one is totally different with the big yellowish/green mark.

[Gerard Oud]

Looks perfect to me but does it flower for Feb 14th?

Could flower around the 14th but not here, its flowering now.

[emma T]

I can row a bit

[Alan_b]

Could we take a canoe instead?  I know how to work one of those.  Or a punt for that matter.  I just don't seem to be able to co-ordinate both arms to do the same thing at the same time when trying to row a boat.

[Alan_b]

Oh, and if it turns out that heart-shape-marked valentine snowdrop flowers in time for Feb 14th in the UK then clearly what you need is a UK agent to sell it here for vast sums of money and a share of the profits.  I'm your man!

[Gerard Oud]

Steve made a joke about a boat. I have one forrest that can only be reached by boat, this one not, besides that i have to look for a roman slaveboat   Just one peddel per person

[emma T]

What about pedalos, no rowing needed !

[Alan_b]

... i had to look for a roman slaveboat   ...

In that case, can I be the guy with the whip?

[mark smyth]

Can anyone tell me how to tell the difference between Fieldgate Forte and Fieldgate Fortissimo?

Can I assume I'm the only one who has both?

[Maggi Young]

I cannot find much in the way of info on Fieldgate Fortissimo, Mark - are you sure it's not just a fat Forte?

[mark smyth]

When I Google it the trail leads back to me 
http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=9410.new;wap2

The link reads
Does anyone have photos of or know anything about
Bucks Green Tip
Excelsis
Fieldgate Fortissimo
Fieldgate Tiffany
Green Ribbon
Hercule
Myddelton Giant

[Alan_b]

Well then you know who to ask, Mark!  I bought a snowdrop last year that I think was named Bowles' Giant (I cannot check right now) - not that it is giant by modern standards.  That could easily be the same one as 'Myddleton giant' but that's not the question you are asking this time round.

'Fieldgate' = Colin Mason (I think) so perhaps if you wrote to him he could explain the difference?