Galanthus - February 2015

[Johan Mens]

WOW       That's amazing !

There are several on trial in a private garden.
another type:

Mantis:

[Johan Mens]

What a fantastic scharlockii Johan, I am absolutely amazed

Thanks. Another we keep following:

[Alan_b]

Don't know the story Alan...

It would be something like:

The Sunday Snowdrop

GREEN POC SHOCK!

The snowdrop world was thrown into turmoil by the announcement of yet another amazing new snowdrop premièred today by German snowdrop expert Hagen Engelmann.  Mr Engelmann, 43, explained "I was so surprised when I first laid eyes on this snowdrop that I exclaimed "Ich bin vergastengeflabbert" (I am flabbergasted).  "I almost fell to the ground in amazement". Had Mr Engelmann fallen on his new discovery he would have destroyed a snowdrop conservatively valued at 10,000€ per bulb ...etc. etc. 

[Maggi Young]

Thanks, I am ok, lovely poem.
Our son just loves the beasts on 8 legs and this snowdrop as well,
but got himself in a gypsum cast on one of his, for 3 more weeks...

Another of the same type: Arachnofobia
 

  Oh dear, poor Boy -  luckily the young heal well. I hope he will soon be as good as new - boring for him to have the cast on, though.

[Maggi Young]

Galanthophile and forumist, Thomas Seiler, had a snowdrop party the other day - here is a  lovely blog about it by one of his guests :
http://elisabethsgartenwelt.blogspot.de/2015/02/eine-schneeglockchenliebe.html     

- if you don't read German, just enjoy the photos! 

[Maggi Young]

A few from today: Daglingworth, Lady Elphinstone, Cowhouse Green, Madelaine and Blonde Inge 

 Releasing your inner David Bailey, Dean!

[Maggi Young]

From Mark Smyth :
Joze Bavcon has released two snowdrops for sale

http://www.botanic-gardens-ljubljana.com/en/the-shop/plants       

[Leena]

So many fabulous snowdrop pictures posted after yesterday, most of which I had never even heard of, oh those greens.
I love the clumps of snowdrops in Annew's garden, how they come up among other plants and flowers. I keep going back to look at them.

[chasw]

Ooooh, well with all these NEW Green and Yellow drops will it make the white ones even rarer??           

[Brian Ellis]

Galanthophile and forumist, Thomas Seiler, had a snowdrop party the other day - here is a  lovely blog about it by one of his guests :
http://elisabethsgartenwelt.blogspot.de/2015/02/eine-schneeglockchenliebe.html     

- if you don't read German, just enjoy the photos! 

Lovely photos of your garden Thomas.  I looked at this page in Google Chrome which translated it quite well, the meaning was there anyway.  My favourite bit was this

I was totally flabbergasted by all means and my wish has become a lot longer than it was anyway. Thus, a variety I will probably never achieve because alone already makes the purse a spanner in the works.

A spanner in the works indeed

[Maggi Young]

I love the clumps of snowdrops in Annew's garden, how they come up among other plants and flowers. I keep going back to look at them.

   I know what you mean, Leena - I love to see garden shots with flowers looking so very much "at home" - like Anne's pix and , for instance, those of John Gennard - however lovely a plant may be in a pot or as a single flower, there is something much more magical about seeing them growing happily in profusion - we usually only see this in the wild but seeing them in someone's garden is especially inspirational for me.

[Mike Ireland]

Now for a more ordinary Galanthus given to me by a friend, he did not know it's name.
Any ideas?

[Thomas Huber]

Some Galanthus from my garden, flowering in the lawn and the rockgarden.
First photo shows a flower that I found between some 'standard' woronowii - looks a bit strange to me if not ugly 

[lettuce begin]

There are several on trial in a private garden.
another type:]

All very beautiful Johan.

[mark smyth]

Thomas I think your 'Scharlockii' are 'Viridapice'

The ugly one among the woronowii might be something exciting and if you really do not want it  Does it have leaves like woronowii?