Galanthus - February 2015

[hwscot]

I was out visiting in Northamptonshire today and had a very nice time.  Here are two snowdrop displays that particularly caught my eye.

Mint, or pistachio?

[annew]

Just catching up, I really like Snowclock's iPoc as a short version of inverse poculiform. It will be my new word of the season. 

[Hagen Engelmann]

I agree with Anne!!!
I will use the funny term iPoc, instead of inverse poculiform too.

But what is this please? A normal poc, a iPoc or an intermediate poc???
I really have no answer!
Who can help?

[SnowClock]

[...] I really like Snowclock's iPoc as a short version of inverse poculiform.

Matt T. came up with this idea, not me. And I really like it, too!

[johnralphcarpenter]

I agree with Anne!!!
I will use the funny term iPoc, instead of inverse poculiform too.

But what is this please? A normal poc, a iPoc or an intermediate poc???
I really have no answer!
Who can help?

It's a snowdrop. End of.

[Rick Goodenough]

Hi Rick
Sorry for the delay - only just seen your message.  Its a shame I did not think to put the names on the photos before sending them to my friend Bob - it is just time consuming and he wanted them right away as he had some spare time.  The yellow you enquired about is Bill Clark (I have since lost it) and the last one is Yamanlar which has gracilis in it as you mentioned.

I have joined the American Snowdrop group on Facebook and noticed you have a lovely collection too - you must be the envy of your snowdrop friends in USA.  You have reminded me that I need to try and replace Bill Clark as it is a very nice yellow.  I am not having great luck with yellows at all.  Wendy's Gold and Spindlestone Surprise seem to be the only two that last long here.  I split Spindlestone Surprise last year and distributed it around the garden.....now that seems to be diminishing too which I can only imagine is pest related

Thanks to everyone for the nice comments on my You Tube video...and yes Tim.....he is a very good friend and a lovely person.  I buy my daylilies (Hemerocallis) from him and he lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains, North Carolina.

Hello Jennie,

Thank you for the IDs. Now two more for my list. Sorry you lost your 'Bill Clark', and hope you can replace that beauty. I am glad you have joined the Snowdrops in American Gardens FB page as we can use as much expertise as we can muster. Going to view your terrific YOUTUBE photo album again now, and you may have noticed that I took the liberty of posting the link to it on the FB page. Rick

[mark smyth]

But what is this please? A normal poc, a iPoc or an intermediate poc???

Very nice Hagen

[ruben]

Some of my favorites.

Galanthus nivalis 'Ecusson d'or' with very good yellow markings (sorry for the bad picture).
Galanthus elwesii 'Rosemary Burnham'
Galanthus nivalis 'Grakes Yellow' - the leaves are yellowish when they emerge and become more and more green in the season. One of my best yellows!
Galanthus elwesii 'Godfrey Owen'

[Rick Goodenough]

I agree with Anne!!!
I will use the funny term iPoc, instead of inverse poculiform too.

But what is this please? A normal poc, a iPoc or an intermediate poc???
I really have no answer!
Who can help?

With the elongated inners it could be coined an eInner.    A pretty drop, Hagen. Rick

[Leena]

Very nice pictures of 'Lapwing' in the previous page. 
It is so good to see clumps of snowdrops so it is easier to imagine how they look in one's own garden, and 'Lapwing' went now to my wishlist.

[Matt T]

... 'Lapwing' went now to my wishlist.

Me too, every time I see it it's a must-have. A distinctive and beautiful 'drop. Maybe folks can tell us, is it a 'good doer' in the garden?

[Maggi Young]

Very nice pictures of 'Lapwing' in the previous page. 
It is so good to see clumps of snowdrops so it is easier to imagine how they look in one's own garden, and 'Lapwing' went now to my wishlist.

  It's a pretty thing.... I think Jane at Cornovium still has some left .... http://www.cornoviumsnowdrops.co.uk/ourshop/cat_783185-Galanthus-hybrid-cultivars.html

[RichardW]

Lapwing doing well for me, bought a single bulb a few years ago & has increased well already.

[Leena]

It's good to know 'Lapwing' is a good doer.  I thought it must be with all the pictures of clumps of it.
Last summer it was in Glen Chantry's dormant list, but I didn't realize then how good it is. Next summer..

My first snowdrop this year, 'Atkinsii', though I have to admit that I moved the snow aside with my fingers.
Most of the garden is still under so much snow that there is no hope in finding snowdrops yet.

[carolesmith]

Me too, every time I see it it's a must-have. A distinctive and beautiful 'drop. Maybe folks can tell us, is it a 'good doer' in the garden?

It is certainly a good doer for me also, while some other varieties appear to resent being moved Lapwing has always remained happy. PM me if you are looking for it.