Galanthus February 2008

[Brian Ellis]

I understood that the virus on Augustus seems to be fairly Augustus specific, unlike Clare B-P.

[Gerard Oud]

The virus can also be spread by nematodes in the ground, and you can't see them without a microscope.
Don,t worry they are everywere and there are good one's and bad one's. So the only solution is to throw the infected plants as soon as possible in the bin.

[Maggi Young]

Re: 'Augustus'....I learned that commercial stocks were likely to be infected and that was enough for me.... unless I were able to source one from clean stock I would not buy it.

[Maggi Young]

Note to new Forumist in Nova Scotia!!! Welcome, good to have you join us.....we see that you have made a new page -  'Grayswood' but you seem to have deleted it. Presume you had trouble posting picture?? Do have a look at the Help pages  from second left at top of page and from Forum pages, also, lots of advice here....http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=41.0
 we are waiting eagerly to hear from you again!
 Cheers,
 Maggi
John from Nova Scotia said :

Greetings. I'm new to the Forum but have been an SRGC members for many years. I garden in two locations in coastal Nova Scotia.  My southern garden is much milder (for Canada) than the central southern coastal one. The snowdrops will be up in the south in a few weeks but here we have about a month to wait as the ground is bare and temperatures plummeted to -11c last night. Still the greenhouse here is full of blooming snowdrops, some 60 different cultivars in my collection. These have been collected over the last 23 years, many from nurseries and friends in England and Germany, my first ones from a late friend in British Columbia.

I have several unknown Galanthus from the above mentioned friend in BC. One unknown from 198 marked ex Don's friend on Vancouver Island, I wonder if someone can confirm my i.d. of 'Grayswood'.

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The weekend long I have been riveted to the conversations and wonderful pictures of many snowdrops new to me.  I was hoping to find a picture of 'Martha MacLaren' from Colesbourne on the website.

I doubt I can add any expertise to the group but will gladly follow the group.

john              -  temperature rising to +11c and heavy rain predicted

Come back, John.... we're agog to see Grayswood !

[Anthony Darby]

I think you mean an old Mini. I've had three in my time, including a 1275 GT.

[Janette]

Hi everyone, I have also bought from garden centres and found other species labelled as nivalis. I have photos of some here (hope they come through)
I have also found today in a pot of mine labelled 'straffan' several with one or two petals without any green markings and one totally white, with no hint of green either on the outer or inner of the inner segments. Very beautiful

[Janette]

Sorry only one attached! I'll try again. All these photos labelled nivalis

[Janette]

I'll get the hang of it eventually!

[Maggi Young]

Hello, Janette, a warm welcome to you! 
 Interesting snowies.... do I gather from your file names that you took these photos with a mobile phone??? If so I am very impressed by the quality, well done! 

[Janette]

Hello Maggi, In fact they were with a digital camera (sony) just forgot to change the location in my folder! Glad you liked them and not bad for a garden centre £1.49 pot! I will photo the pure white one when it opens a bit more.

[KentGardener]

Hi Janette

welcome to the forum.

I particularly like Telephone_pictures_085-800.jpg.  An interesting shape to the flower.

Where are you located (it is well worth adding your rough location to your profile signature so that people like me can dream of what I should have possibly found in my local garden centre).

best wishes

John

[Janette]

Hi John, sorry I hadn't seen that! You can tell it's my first posting! Essex Suffolk border (just in suffolk) and just local garden centres. regards Janette

[Maggi Young]

In fact they were with a digital camera (sony)

Thank goodness for that, I was about to lie down in a darkened room at the thought that a phone could produce those pix!
Now, of course, some clever clogs will post some, just to upset me!


As John (Kent Gardener) says, it would be great to have a signature line in your profile, to show where you are gardening. I can pop it in for you.
 Also, there is a "let me introduce myself" page if you'd care to do just that  

[Janette]

Thanks Maggi, I have just added my area after reading Johns message and will look at the 'let me introduce myself' page.

[KentGardener]

Hi John, sorry I hadn't seen that! You can tell it's my first posting! Essex Suffolk border (just in suffolk) and just local garden centres. regards Janette

Hi Janette

DAMN!

I was in your area twice in the last fornight - and I didn't find that nice unusual snowdrop - grrrr! 

Do you grow other alpines too - or are your favorites snowdrops?  I grow snowdrops and helebores at this time of year and jungle style plants throughout the summer (not really fitting in with the Rock Garden theme - sorry all!).

regards

John