Galanthus in March 2014

[Maggi Young]

Maggi

Many thanks for adding the direct links.

I am not on Facebook and have no intention of joining.

Neither am I , Art, but I found that with a little tweaking to the link Gerard first gave that access was possible.

[mark smyth]

The "new"ones are G.elwesii Valentines Gift and G. elwesii Smokey Mountain.

Lovely snowdrops

[Alan_b]

The "new"ones are G.elwesii Valentines Gift ...

Looks like you followed my suggestion of linking the one with the heart-shaped mark to Valentines Day.  Or was that another different one with a heat-shaped mark?

[johnralphcarpenter]

We have now had three warm sunny days in a row - remarkable in itself!
Yesterday I noticed that some flowers are past - but they are the ones which have been out for many weeks already. Even if  we reach the 16 degrees C that we are told we  might have today, there will still be good flowers for some time yet - isn't it good that there are some "plus" points to Scottish weather? 

Conversely, after days of fine warm weather the last couple of days here have been grey and cold with a biting north-east wind. Brightening up now though.

[Cephalotus]

Hi to all,
I didn't really know where to place that question. Is there a two inner and two outer petals Galanthis nivalis cultivar? I have found two such plants growing together in mu garden, which I replanted now. I am wondering if that is an occasional mutation, or could it be permanent. I hope to attach a photo later.

[Alan_b]

Is there a two inner and two outer petals Galanthis nivalis cultivar?

I was very pleased to find one like that but it only happened for the one year then became perfectly normal thereafter.  AFAIK there is no cultivar that does this consistently.

[johnw]

Good to see you back Chris, it's been a very long time since we've heard from you.

johnw

[johnralphcarpenter]

I am on the lookout for the following Greatorex cultivars: 'Titania', 'Jenny Wren', 'Poseidon', 'L.P. Long', and 'L.P. Short'. Also the later selections 'G71', 'G75' and 'G77'. I would like to buy a bulb of each; if you can help please send me a PM. Thanks.

[Gerard Oud]

Looks like you followed my suggestion of linking the one with the heart-shaped mark to Valentines Day.  Or was that another different one with a heat-shaped mark?

Maybe you did read my mind

[Cephalotus]

Thank you Alan for your reply. You might be right regarding the ones I have found too, but what a coincidence it would have to be for two plants to look the same, come most probably, from one bulb and than reverse next year to normal. Of course that IS possible, as it was possible for one man to be stoke by a lightning for 7 times in his life... But for now I allow my imagination to go wild with that plant. Below I am attaching a photo of it wile replanting.

John, because of the character of my studies, I was mostly away from home. I couldn't get anything rare and delicate, since when I came back, often it was dead. It wouldn't be all bad if I at least learned anything from that death, but when a plant just dies and you know nothing from that, it is frustrating. Now I am at home. I probably still won't have much to talk about, but I hope to be at least able to share some seeds for now and in some years, plants as well.

[Gerard Oud]

Do i see 3 inners on the bottom one Chris?

[Cephalotus]

No, there are two inners and two outers at both flowers. I checked.

[Alan_b]

In the transient one I found, the inners were at 90 degrees to the outers.  Yours seem more aligned, Chris.

[Cephalotus]

If I understand it right, if it will repeat that feature next year, that will mean it is stable, right?

That finding in my garden and talk with my friend, motivated me to stop by and search through a wild park where I saw quite some snowdrops. I don't really know where it is, because I was driving there for the first time, when I saw that place. Hard to tell was it was in fact, it was so wild looking. I didn't have much time to spent there, only about 3 hours, before it got too dark to see anything. Still I managed to find some interesting looking plants.

[Cephalotus]

Two more.