Galanthus - March 2015

[Leena]

It is good to know that 'Cowhouse Green' maybe slow.

My 'Mrs Macnamara' yesterday, it has doubled since last year.

[krisderaeymaeker]

Stil like Galanthus 'Diggory ' and from very close they look like this...... 

[ruben]

Galanthus plicatus 'Josie'
Galanthus 'Eshter Merton'

[Alan_b]

Here is a nice 'ipoc' I found seven years ago but have barely distributed yet.  It's called 'Kato', not for some erudite reason but after a fictional character played by Bruce Lee in a TV show from the 1960s.  I don't believe the name has been published yet so it's not official  I particularly like the shape of its outer petals.

'Kato' is the first of several nivalis ipocs I found over several years, all distinct.

[Alan_b]

Mrs _b and I were in Cumbria last weekend and were kindly allowed to view the National Collection of Snowdrops held by Margaret and David MacLennan.  Margaret and David have recently relocated their collection from its former home in rural Essex to Carlisle.  That must have been a huge task but all the snowdrops appear safe and very well indeed.  Her bulb frames, which were spread around her old garden, are now concentrated into one area in the new one.  I actually think this makes for a better display and there is certainly less leg-work required to look around.

Over the last few years Margaret has been tremendously helpful to me by acting as a “back-up” for my newly discovered snowdrops.  I have given her some bulbs as a safeguard in case something happens to my own stock and not only has she taken care of them but she has chipped one bulb of each so the overall stock is now increased.  One of the first bulbs I gave her to care for is the first nivalis inverse poc. that I found ('Kato', featured in my previous post).  Because of Margaret’s good-care and skill at chipping she now quite possibly now has more flowering bulbs of 'Kato' than I do!

[art600]

I have a pot of 'Lost label'

Could it be Galanthus 'Gerard Parker'?

[Brian Ellis]

I don't think so Arthur, Gerard Parker has an elongated, upside down heart as the main mark with two eyes which sometimes attach to it.

[Brian Ellis]

Here's one for you Maggi

Galanthus Bubble, the flower on the right has a scape that has not got loose from the leaf!

[art600]

I don't think so Arthur, Gerard Parker has an elongated, upside down heart as the main mark with two eyes which sometimes attach to it.

Brian

Any suggestion as to what it might be

[Maggi Young]

Here's one for you Maggi

Galanthus Bubble, the flower on the right has a scape that has not got loose from the leaf!

 Oh yes, loving the short and fat!

[mark smyth]

A seedling, plicatus or plicatus hybrid, that appeared a few years ago in a crevice between some stones n my rockery. I didn't notice it until it flowered. Scapes are over 30cm high with outers of 4cm. What the photo doesn't show clearly is the pale green smudge towards the ovary. I like the leaves

[johnw]

Looks a bit like 'Ding Dong' Arthur, ovary looks right.

johnw

[johnw]

re: Bubble Oh yes, loving the short and fat!

And me too, more than you can imagine!

johnw

[snowdropcollector]

Arthur, it could be Chequers....

[Maggi Young]

And me too, more than you can imagine!

johnw

I don't need to imagine - I know ! He's in good hands, don't fret!