Galanthus - February 2015

[ruben]

Galanthus 'Chequers' - more than 10 flowers out of 1 HUGE bulb
Galanthus elwesii 'Bloomer'
Galanthus nivalis 'Robert Wijnen' - a large blonde Inge
Galanthus plicatus 'Amy Doncaster'

[ruben]

Galanthus 'Greenfinch'

[Mike Ireland]

The mark on the flower and the leaves are close to nivalis so I think it must be a nivalis or a nivalis hybrid.  If it ever was a named cultivar then I don't see enough distinguishing features to re-identify it if the name has been lost.  But most snowdrops from friends are exactly that and not named cultivars.

Thanks Alan, nivalis type/hybrid is near enough for me.

[Blonde Ingrid]

Some nice appearances in today's sunshine from my 'Rob Marshall early ensemble, 'Richard Handscombe and Nigel Chadwick'

[Blonde Ingrid]

A few more, including the lovely 'Henry's White Lady' and 'Cowhouse Green'!

[Graham Catlow]

The snowdrops in the old walled garden at Cammo Estate are probably at their best just now.

[mark smyth]

Ruben your 'Amy Doncaster' is lacking the green stripes

[mark smyth]

Snowdrop photos come out better if the aperture is stepped down/minus 2/3^rd. Its the +/- button

[ruben]

Mark, the bulb is splitting. Two offsetts are flowering now. Next year i will have the lines back on the mature bulbs!

[mark smyth]

I have another stalker! While at work today .....

"You have the best garden in Antrim" a Polish woman told me today. "Can I bring friends and take photographs?"

She knew many bulbs

A 92 year old visited my garden this week. Sadly I was at work

[mark smyth]

Every snowdrop collection should include elwesii 'Marjory Brown'

[Maggi Young]

Fine  chunky gal - I like a sturdy elwesii.

[Leena]

'Marjory Brown' looks really nice, and earlier Blonde Ingrid's 'Cowhouse Green' is also looking good. That one doesn't seem to be so difficult to get -green (-ish) snowdrop.
I love the pictures of the snowdrops in big drifts, and hope that someday I have enough G.nivalis that it would look at least a little like that.

[Blonde Ingrid]

Blonde Ingrid's 'Cowhouse Green' is also looking good. That one doesn't seem to be so difficult to get -green (-ish) snowdrop.

Thanks Leena, it certainly is a very attractive 'green', I got mine from Avon and it is great value when compared to some of the other greens . It is supposed to be slow and require care but it is well worth the effort 

[johnralphcarpenter]

A nice potful of a good form of G. nivalis that I bought at Spring Platt on 7th February for £2.