Galanthus - March 2015

[Matt T]

Still waiting for a bud to open on 'Lady Elphinstone'. I think she's sulking about being brought so far north!

[Maggi Young]

Well, if that Lady were related in any way to Bishop Elphinstone (1431 – 1514) founder of Aberdeen University , she shouldn't have a problem!

http://www.abdn.ac.uk/library/about/special/exhibitions/
http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/e/williamelphinstone.html   

[johnw]

Ingrid  - Tell us more about G. 'Lemongrass'.

john

[Blonde Ingrid]

Ingrid  - Tell us more about G. 'Lemongrass'.
john

Hi John, you can see the beauty on the following site:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Flete-Walled-Gardens/1536589089919112?sk=timeline&ref=page_internal

It is just one of Andy Byfield's quite lovely new drops, in my opinion! Andy is the current source of 'Morgana' and will get even more attention due to these stunners 

Ingrid

[johnw]

Thanks for the that.  Great name.

john

[mark smyth]

G. gracilis 'Lemongrass'

[Brian Ellis]

A brother by another mother?  A close up of Twilight..

[Tim Ingram]

Ingrid - some pretty exciting looking snowdrops on that link! My daughter has been hooked on Merlin on tv so 'Morgana' is very topical (maybe this might be a way of getting her more interested in all the plants in the garden... )

[Blonde Ingrid]

Ingrid - some pretty exciting looking snowdrops on that link! My daughter has been hooked on Merlin on tv so 'Morgana' is very topical (maybe this might be a way of getting her more interested in all the plants in the garden... )

Hi Tim, I would encourage her with Peter Pan and Wendy's Gold...it is a much less painful literary link 

[Alan_b]

My daughter has been hooked on Merlin on tv so 'Morgana' is very topical...

But not very easy to find, I fear, nor easy on the wallet if you do track her down.  Can she not start off with 'Merlin' then maybe 'Mordred'?

[Mariette]

´Lemongrass´and ´Twilight´are both similarly tempting - thanks for the splendid pictures, Mark and Brian!

[Tim Ingram]

Alan, Ingrid - she has very much a mind of her own and a love of all things Japanese, so I will have to introduce her to another realm of plants maybe...

[Alan_b]

Hepatica?

[johnstephen29]

Galanthus elwesii in flower here in pots, also can anyone identify this snowdrop in the second pic? I think it may be elwesii or ikariae.

Galanthus Elwesii by johnstephen29, on Flickr

image by johnstephen29, on Flickr

[Alan_b]

Is that not woronowii, John?  That's what it looks like to me although I cannot make out the fine details.