Galanthus - January 2015

[David King]

Thanks Rick very kind of you.  Actually I only own two - and they aren't in these pics!  I just take the pictures of my other halfs prides and joys and I only wake up on here in the early part of the year.

[RichardW]

Superb pictures, David.  I wonder if Galanthus plicatus var. byzantinus ex Warham, which is a very attractive early snowdrop, is hampered by the lack of a proper name?

Shouldn't be, it is one of my favourite drops.

[snowdropcollector]

I got a bulb of Pl Byzantinus ex Warham last year as a gift from a very kind member  , and it flowers at the moment . It is a lovely large snowdrop !

[Tim Harberd]

Hi Mariette,
   Thanks for measuring ‘Paradise Giant’ (reply #109 above) I’ll add it to the list on the “Big Large Huge….” thread (which is reply #36 on that thread).

Tim DH

[Jane]

Here are few photos of Snowdrops flowering in the garden at the moment.  We had a very warm Autumn in 2014 which led to some Snowdrops flowering much earlier than usual!
Galanthus elwesii 'Comet'
Galanthus nivalis 'Cornwood'
Galanthus 'Richard Ayres'

[Jane]

A few more.
Galanthus 'Fly Fishing' has now gone over, this photo was taken in December 2014!
Galanthus 'Mrs Thompson' doing her best 'Alien' impression.
Galanthus ikariae 'Butt's Form'.

[Maggi Young]

Exciting time of year for you folks, Jane!  Seems to me like the season is galloping ahead.

[Anne Repnow]

I have just spent two wonderful and agonising hours with the North Green Snowdrop spring catalogue...

[RichardW]

a few from today...

Washfield Colesbourne
Richard Ayres
Headbourne
Little John
David Baker

[RichardW]

cont....

Diggory
Midwinter
Mighty Atom
Ketton

[Carolyn Walker]

Over here in the frigid US where it was 5 degrees F (-15 C) the other night, 'Three Ships' sails on though it did benefit from being covered through the worst of it.

[snowdropcollector]

Great pictures Richard. Ketton, still one of my favourites  .

[Paddy Tobin]

I very much doubt it, every time it is admired we point people to Wol and Sue's sales, and I dare say they have no complaints

I have to second Brian's comments. It is the most reliable of snowdrops here in the garden, grows well, never a bother etc. It is the clump in the centre of the following photograph.

G. plicatus 'Warham'  - am I talking about the correct snowdrop?  Or is G. plicatus x byzanthinus ex Warham something different.

[Anne Repnow]

Over here in the frigid US where it was 5 degrees F (-15 C) the other night, 'Three Ships' sails on though it did benefit from being covered through the worst of it.

How did you cover it, Carolyn? Mine suffered badly through snow cover...

[Alan_b]

G. plicatus 'Warham'  - am I talking about the correct snowdrop?  Or is G. plicatus x byzanthinus ex Warham something different.

I think the two are different although, since both names pertain to their common place of origin, they are confusingly similar.  I think G. plicatus [and the next bit must actually be var. or ssp. - it just says Galanthus byzantinus ... on my label] byzantinus ex warham was found when the Galanthus Gala made an excursion to Warham Rectory (?) about a decade ago.  Whereas G. plicatus 'Warham' has been around a good deal longer.  I bought my 'byzantinus ex Warham' from Wol and Sue Staines and Wol expressed disappointment that a snowdrop that was highly admired when it was found has not subsequently achieved much in the way of recognition.