List of early-flowering snowdrops

[freddyvl]

Alan, 'Donald Sims' Early' is flowering here for the moment in the open garden in Belgium. 

[Rick Goodenough]

Alan, please add G. 'Potter's Prelude' which has bloomed in some gardens and is blooming in others stateside right now. Rick

[Alan_b]

Yes, Rick, I was just reading about then researching that one.  I think it may be exclusive to the US; it certainly originated there.

[mark smyth]

some were sold on ebay UK last year

[Alan_b]

From a reputable source, Mark?

[mark smyth]

yes a US seller

[Alan_b]

See these comments on Potter's Prelude from 2012:

http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=8303.msg230477#msg230477

Edit: Oh and this from John Grimshaw http://johngrimshawsgardendiary.blogspot.co.uk/2011/01/beautiful-day-at-colesbourne.html

[Alan_b]

Re 'Potter's Prelude':

some were sold on ebay UK last year

... a US seller

So the winning bidder (in the UK or elsewhere in the EU) would then have to apply for a CITES certificate in order to import their purchase from the US?

[Brian Ellis]

Re 'Potter's Prelude':

So the winning bidder (in the UK or elsewhere in the EU) would then have to apply for a CITES certificate in order to import their purchase from the US?

That very much depends on where the seller was from doesn't it?  It has been around a little while and these things do travel.

[Alan_b]

Yes, Brian, but I'm going by what Mark said above and what John Lonsdale wrote in 2012 (linked above).  However, as you rightly observe, what might have been true in 2012 won't be true forever.

[kentish_lass]

Hello again
Due to my muddled labels I am unsure whether this is Frinton Advent or not.  However, from the labels I collected after the fox pulled them from the cold frame this was the only early one among them.

I posted the first photograph last year and the second photograph is one I took yesterday.  The markings are very different.  I cannot find a photograph anywhere on the internet.  I bought it from Matt Bishop at Myddleton House so maybe he has a photo he can post?  I hate it when my plant labels get muddled....grrrr

[Alan_b]

In my list only "Advent" and "Frinton Advent" are noted as having two marks like your snowdrop does.  And in fact what you have in 2014 is a good deal better in that respect than your identified "Frinton Advent" from 2013.  I imagine your bulb has just grown up a bit and settled-in and that is why the basal mark is stronger.

[Brian Ellis]

Jenny if you bought it from Matt you can be almost certain it is 'Frinton Advent' I would think.  It is lovely to have you back with us

[snowdropcollector]

Jenny, My opinion is the same as with Brian. It is Frinton Advent.

[ruben]

Alan, i do not know if this has already been mentioned but Galanthus elwesii 'Gabriël' (from Alan Street) is also flowering now for me.