Far from Grym!

[Brian Ellis]

Idly looking through eBay (as you do) I noticed that North Green have a G.'Mother Goose' in the auction.  It is of no doubt that it is a handsome snowdrop with a green receptacle and yellow marks (grym).

 This set me to wondering how many other snowdrops like this there are and putting the old grey matter into action I came up with a few.  I have borrowed a few pictures from round the forum to save getting the camera out I hope the owners don't mind (besides I don't have many of them)! G.’Blonde Inge’ immediately springs to mind
(Chas’s picture), as does G.’Chadwick’s Cream’
(Rob Marshall's picture) and G.’Ilse Bilse’
(Hagen’s picture) - I then remembered Snow Clock’s picture of G.’Robert Wijnen'
can anyone add to the list? 

[annew]

Lady Elphinstone.

[Brian Ellis]

Of course!  Silly me, any more Anne?

[Tim Ingram]

What a very interesting little collection. When I knew much less about snowdrops than I do now I wrote about some nice possible pairings and one was 'Chadwick's Cream' with 'Blewbury Tart' and another 'Big Boy' with 'Long Tall Sally'. What a good fun article in a newspaper you could have with these plants with a little imagination 

[Brian Ellis]

I think the most interesting thing Tim, is that it is a little collection when you see all the possibilites with various yellows, poculiforms, greens, pterugiforms etc  Perhaps more are in the pipeline.  I like the pairings and might have to move my 'Blewbury Tart' and 'Long Tall Sally' !

[annew]

There's Hagen's Schorbuser Irlicht (I might have spelled that wrongly).
Tim, you've set me thinking now...

[Maggi Young]

'Schorbuser Irrlicht'  will feature in the next IRG - in Hagen's article on greens.....  online on the 27th February .....

[colineddie1]

Loving the photo's and the information on these different drops, I know it is a big ask but does anyone know of any commercial grower that does Chadwick's Cream or is it only in private collections now - I know there was one or two sold on Ebay last year by Joe but since then not seen anything. thanks so much in advance if anyone can help out. I spoke with Joe at Shaftesbury and we were discussing 'Yellow ' drops and I asked how easy was it to keep McKenzie - he said he knew of only a couple of clumps that have done well, so no matter what, it might not make it forgot to ask about Chadwick's Cream though.

[Brian Ellis]

As far as I know you will be exceedingly lucky to clap eyes on 'Chadwick's Cream' let alone get hold of one.  It is one of those snowdrops which is exceedingly slow to increase, taking ages to produce a side bulb and I have heard of it being chipped with no success once.  From what I have heard recently I think it is unlikely that one will appear on eBay this year  -  although I hope I am proved wrong in that.  I don't think there are many people growing it even now, although I do know of one successful attempt at propagation.

[Brian Ellis]

By the way it wasn't Joe selling it on eBay it was farmhouse500.

[chasw]

Sounds more like a group to me Brian.... . .

[Hagen Engelmann]

My single flower of CHADWICK'S CREAM.
Very slowly plant.
Small flower
Unique color

[colineddie1]

My single flower of CHADWICK'S CREAM.
Very slowly plant.
Small flower
Unique color

beautiful Hagen - well done on growing this one, I know your collection and breeding is brilliant from what I have read on this forum, you are an inspiration to us newbies and a wonderful source of information - thank you

[Brian Ellis]

My single flower of CHADWICK'S CREAM.
Very slowly plant.
Small flower
Unique color

...and I would add that it is a small plant Hagen, or is that because mine is young?

[Hagen Engelmann]

Brian, I believe CC is always a small plant. I got the bulb 2013, now there is the real fine first flower.
Colineddie1, I'm only a hopeless kind of galanthophile.


Here is another fine BLONDE INGE-type, waiting for a suitable name