Galanthus in March 2014

[MR GRUMPY]

Ian,
     Thanks for the pictures. Is Green Shadow a seedling from Castle Green Dragon? .I love Praha is that a german one?.

[johnstephen29]

Hi ichristie  thanks for the message I have ordered lagodechianus & another of fosteri to try outside see how it does. I envy you having alpinus & transcaucasicus I cant seen to find then anywhere. I came across a nursery in Ireland selling krasnovii for 95 euro, wether that was for one bulb or a few i'm not sure i'm just glad I was already sitting down.

[ashley]

Why not grow them from seed John?
Much cheaper and you get variation.

[johnstephen29]

where do you get the seed from Ashley?

[Leena]

I also love the green ones in Ian's pictures.

Last autumn I planted Falkland House, and it is now coming up. A week ago came some leaves first, and now something big and white is showing    . I think it looks peculiar. Is this how it usually comes up or have I planted it too deep or something?

[Alan_b]

I think it looks peculiar. Is this how it usually comes up or have I planted it too deep or something?

It looks peculiar because the flower is emerging free from the spathe.  I have noticed that sometimes happens with the second flower of a snowdrop that produces two scapes per bulb but I have not observed it with the first flower.  Snowdrops have a self-levelling mechanism and will re-form the bulb some way up the stem if planted too deep so I would not worry or disturb that one. 

[Leena]

It looks peculiar because the flower is emerging free from the spathe.   

I looks like a small round egg is coming up , that picture was from yesterday and I think now that it is quite warm here the flower may come up in the next few days.

[ichristie]

hi again, G.plicatus Green Shadow is a seedling from Green Dragon and I have several other seedlings all at early stages will pollinate both again. a few more flowering just now one which Cyril posted asking what it was my fault it is a Castle form which I put wrong label in it is Castle Eye Shadow a hybrid G. plicatus x G nivalis a superb stature with blue green leaf and the two eyes shade to the apical mark.  cheers Ian the Christie kind

[ashley]

where do you get the seed from Ashley?

Hi John,
Most recently I saw several of the species you mentioned on Vlastimil Pilous's list, here.  However they also appear on other lists from time to time.

[annew]

A friend of mine has asked me about one of his snowdrops, an elwesii double which is stable with outgrowths from the inners. He would like to know if this is a common feature, and if it is worth naming. Thanks in advance for your input.

[Mavers]

Lovely pictures of your garden Maggi.

I'm amazed you have so many snowdrops to show us 

[Mavers]

HI Anne, didn't a similar snowdrop sell for a small fortune on ebay recently?

[annew]

I'm sure he'd be delight to hear it, but I didn't see that one.

[Alan_b]

Anne, there aren't many elwesii or elwesii-like doubles but personally that one does nothing for me.  I would be a lot more impressed if the 'outgrowths' were symmetric.   Nivalis doubles often have a few longer outer-like petals in the interior so it would not be surprising to see this in a nivalis flore pleno x elwesii hybrid. 

[Maggi Young]

Lovely pictures of your garden Maggi.

I'm amazed you have so many snowdrops to show us 

Thanks for the kind comments  from all about the garden  Yes, Mike, it's a bit of a surprise to me too that there are  so many!

Ian C - what a little sweetie 'Little Star' is - very neat shape.