Eranthis 2015

[Maggi Young]

John -  an absolute delight to see these shots - Ian and I had been wondering how your wonderful garden was doing this season - it seems the answer is - "very well indeed"   

[fleurbleue]

amazing and beautiful 

[David Nicholson]

Beautiful, if only mine would seed around if only a bit.

[johngennard]

Thanks for your kind comments.The aconites and snowdrops obviously like my very heavy soil.I continue to scatter seed of both each season and in addition we divide and re-plant about 2000 snowdrops.

Sorry about the photos,I have just purchased an app for re-sizing on my Mac but obviously I am doing something wrong although the last images were treated exactly the same as the first.I wish I was more computer savvy.

[Brian Ellis]

Lovely images Tatsuo and John, just imagine if Tatsuo's were in drifts like those!

[Mavers]

What a wonderful garden you have John., thank you for showing us.

I can feel a very slippery slope coming on with regard to eranthis, I recognise the symptoms.......

Why does nature present with these wonderful things, gets us to succumb to their beauty only to cut them down with.............SMUT 

[Brian Ellis]

I can feel a very slippery slope coming on with regard to eranthis, I recognise the symptoms.......

Fortunately most are hard to obtain - snowdrops are in general a bit easier

[johngennard]

And unfortunately not as prolific.I have tried pinnatifida several times but without success although Schwefelgang appears to be more compliant having provided me with seed whilst growing in its pot and which has flowered this year from a sowing in 2012.

[ruben]

Some eranthis hyemalis Cv's

1. the orange Eranthis hyemalis 'Schlyters Orange'
2. The semi double Eranthis hyemalis 'Hafod'
3. The double Eranthis hyemalis 'Noël Ayres'
4. A green one - Eranthis hyemalis 'Grünling'

[ruben]

Some more Eranthis hyemalis cv's

Eranthis hyemalis 'Flore Pleno'
Eranthis hyemalis 'Schwefelglanz'
Eranthis hyemalis 'Lady Lamortagne'
Eranthis hyemalis 'Schlyters Gigant'

[ruben]

Eranthis hyemalis 'Pauline'

[udo]

Nice Eranthis, Ruben

Two cultivare in my garden,
Eranthis hyemalis 'Schwefelglanz' and 'Orange Glow'

[ruben]

Thanks Dirk! Very nice group of Eranthis hyemalis 'Schwefelglanz' !!

Here in flower today:
Eranthis hyemalis 'Lady Lamortagne' - a very good double form
Eranths hyemalis 'Schlyters Riese' - A very large hyemalis form with large flowers! New to me.

[Carolyn]

I bought some eranthis hyemalis a couple of years ago. One clump of them seems to be something different - is the second photo E. cilicica?  The ruff of leaves opened bronze and seem narrower.  These flowers also emerged later than the rest.

[Alan_b]

All three of those traits suggest cilicica.  Garden centres are careless with labels and often fail to discriminate between the two species.