Galanthus February 2008

[Michael J Campbell]

Mark, are you going to Altamont next Sunday with the Southern group,or are you going the following week.?

[Maggi Young]

    Re: Galanthus February 2008
« Reply #76 on: Today at 06:09:24 PM


There's a picture of a snowdrop I found a couple of years ago in the February 2008 issue of the "Gardens Illustrated "magazine. page 53 top right hand corner, gave a bulb to John Grimshaw to id. He thinks it's a nivalis /plicatus hybrid ; it's got no name yet.   

Anyone able to take a pic of this pic... and post it???

[Diane Whitehead]

Here's a sampling of my grocery store elwesii.

1. variation in height.
2. good-looking flowers from two different plants.
3. the one with coloured claws.
4. round petals that open widely
5. two more round petals, one green-tipped

[Maggi Young]

Diane, they are all lovely!    And I assume you could still afford to buy the groceries?? 

[Diane Whitehead]

Oh yes.  They cost $2.50 a pot. Currently 1.28 UK pounds.

[Maggi Young]

My, that is a good price for so much fun....and we don't even need to send you a food parcel!

[Hagen Engelmann]

Diane, very fine drops. We don`t need ebay when we can have such a good grocery store!!!

[Anthony Darby]

An excellent selection. Very similar to those I found in the garden centre, but alas, without the benefit of getting some buckshee square pots.

[mark smyth]

David I meant no more free days for snowdropping.

Just back from England today, out next Friday in England, ELM next day, out on Sunday, Altamont the following Friday, Our snowdrop day the day after, in England the following Friday, out Saturday, Sunday Margaret Owens MS day except there is a new charity Childline or similar - phew

[mark smyth]

Rob havent I already said yes? Or the possibility of yes?

[Anna]

    Re: Galanthus February 2008
« Reply #76 on: Today at 06:09:24 PM


There's a picture of a snowdrop I found a couple of years ago in the February 2008 issue of the "Gardens Illustrated "magazine. page 53 top right hand corner, gave a bulb to John Grimshaw to id. He thinks it's a nivalis /plicatus hybrid ; it's got no name yet.   

Anyone able to take a pic of this pic... and post it???

I have a copy of the magazine and have scanned the photo but am not sure how to post it here. If somebody can explain I will have I go. I know that I should be able to work it out but ....

[Maggi Young]

Hi, Anna..... hope I can help with the correct advice..... save the scan as a jpg file in your documents folder and then , make the post... click "Additional Options" ... which is at the lower left hand side of the posting text box, this will bring up a "Browse" button, nexxt to an "Attach" box.... click the Browse button, select the file where t you saved the scan, open the file , click on the scan file , then "post"... that should do it!

[Anna]

Hi, Anna..... hope I can help with the correct advice..... save the scan as a jpg file in your documents folder and then , make the post... click "Additional Options" ... which is at the lower left hand side of the posting text box, this will bring up a "Browse" button, nexxt to an "Attach" box.... click the Browse button, select the file where t you saved the scan, open the file , click on the scan file , then "post"... that should do it!

Thanks for your help Maggi. Here goes - photo from Gardens Illustrated :

[Maggi Young]

Bravo, Anna, Excellent!  That's a  nice 'drop that Sophieetc ( Emma?) found.
 I can see why the green markings have been described on this type of 'drop as changing the shape of the petal... it does look like two different textures of "material" working against eachother..... I've looking at 'Trym' types....

I do hope I'm not getting infected...finding these snowies far too interesting.....must keep repeating:  I KNOW they are all the same. I KNOW this! I Know this!.......

[Paul T]

Diane,

They are very nice snowies.  Wow!  Love that round elwesii.... beautiful!!