Galanthus in flower in July 2014

[fermi de Sousa]

This came from Otto and I think Marcus was selling it as "Green outer tips" but now thinks it might be 'Comet',
cheers
fermi

[Oakwood]

nice clone! How did our northern sphere drops (spring-flowering) come into flowers in southern sphere with a half-year shift (e.g. July)??

[Otto Fauser]

Good morning Fermi ,
    this snowdrop came to me from Chris Brickell (ex Wisley ) labelled Gal. elwesii "Green Outer Tip" in 1982 and like all elwesii proliferates in my garden .

[fermi de Sousa]

nice clone! How did our northern sphere drops (spring-flowering) come into flowers in southern sphere with a half-year shift (e.g. July)??

Hi Dimitri,
it's the depth of winter here in the Southern Hemisphere which is usually when the Galanthus elwesii start to flower. We don't get severe winters and no snow where I am, though Otto does get some occasionally,
Thanks, Otto, for clarifying,
cheers
fermi

[Lesley Cox]

My latest snowdrop arrived today, as a very pretty card, G. 'Corrin,' painted by Anne Wright but enclosing some very precious seed sent from Sweden.

[Otto Fauser]

Good morning Lesley , I'm anxious to see what G. 'Corrin' looks like . After the 2011 Conference we visited Bob and Rannveig  Wallace and they kindly gave me a few seeds of this snowdrop which is named after their daughter .I think I will get the first flower shortly - I believe it is in the 'Trym' vicinity .

     Hope you have fully recovered '
                                            love ,
                                                       Otto.

[Lesley Cox]

Hello Otto, I took a picture of the card this morning but then the battery went down and my charger is...somewhere, so I'll need to find it or get some new batteries tomorrow then I can post the pic, also one of G. elwesii 'Emerald Hughes' which I think is my most favourite snowdrop, so vigorous and generous as well as being large and quite spectacular when in flower. Denis Hughes will be speaking to OAGG tomorrow night (Thurs) so I may find out some more of its origins, date and so on. I'm not such if it was his selection or that of his father, the late Stanley H.

[Maggi Young]

I don't think Anne Wright will mind me showing her picture of Galanthus 'Corrin':

[Lesley Cox]

Thanks Maggi. I won't bother with mine now. The "Trym" Group affiliation is quite obvious (mind you, I've only seen 'Trym' on the Forum, not in the flesh, so to speak.

[Anthony Darby]

Are there any "Trym" type snowdrops in New Zealand? My seedlings are coming up again, so snowdrops seem to cope with Auckland's mild (ground frost today) winters.

[Jupiter]

I've hesitated to post here until now, being a newcomer to Galanthus and so many seasoned experts dwell here. However, I figure in for a penny, in for a pound. What better way to learn?

I'm in the Adelaide Hills have a cool shady back garden which is rapidly filling up with all manner of strange and wonderful green things.

Here is my Galanthus elwesii, some of it two seasons in my garden and 3 new bulbs will be first season flowering here. Interestingly, the bulbs that endured our terrible summer here flowered months ahead of the new introductions. Perhaps it was the strange, warmer than average autumn we had and late start to winter which confused them?






And here is the new love in my life, a recent acquisition and already entrancing all who lay eyes on her. Galanthus rizehensis





I have a couple of others which I will post when (if) they flower...

[Alan_b]

Superb photographs, Jupiter.  There was no need to hesitate.

[ChrisB]

Lovely to look at cool snowdrops in our"heat wave"

[Maggi Young]

Superb photographs, Jupiter.  There was no need to hesitate.

Well said, Alan - lovely photos of these  bulbs which are looking very good indeed.

[Jupiter]

Thank you everyone. I enjoy the photography side of it and it's always fun trying to do justice to a special plant.

I love that 'green outer tip', lovely.