Galanthus - May, 2015

[Rick Goodenough]

Wow...thanks, Maggi. Happy to do my part in fanning the snowdrop flame on this side of the pond. Rick

[snowdropcollector]

JOHN, RICK, thank you for posting all the lovely pictures of the snowdrops. Like Hagen says, we are in a black cloud over here. Only memories from snowdrops flowering last season. We have to wait a few months before the first are flowering again.
Good to see all yours flowering !!

[hwscot]

Wendy's Gold x Green Brush
in defiance of realism, hoping for the F2

[Jupiter]

This terracotta pot of G. elwesii is always early but this year it's extra early! First flower will open in a week or two, which is a month ahead of last year. I suppose it knows what it's doing?? 

Anyone have any comments on snowdrops in sub-optimal climates making the most of their situation?

[Otto Fauser]

Jamus   , I too have masses of Gal. elwesii and var . monostiinctus pushing their noses through the earth . The early ones should flower in about 2 weeks ,which is the normal time for here .

 The 2 autumn flowering species finished a month ago and I already discovered a flower a few days ago on G. ikariae ssp. snogerupii  and 'Three Ships"

[Jupiter]

Otto, oddly the little Galanthus peshmenii you gave me is just showing it's nose now! I thought it wasn't going to come up and checked every time I went up through the rock garden. On the weekend I noticed the first nose appearing through the gravel. I was over the moon.

[fermi de Sousa]

This little Galanthus peshmenii opened up on the last day of autumn and it seems silly to start a new thread for June Galanthus for one pic, so I'll post it here instead
cheers
fermi

[Anthony Darby]

I have shoots coming up in various pots for the third/fourth winters, but these pots rarely see the sun as they are against a south facing wall. No flowers yet. Need another year or two.

[Rick Goodenough]

Fermi...congratulations...a lovely bloom.  Rick

[fermi de Sousa]

Thanks, Rick,
it flowers with no input from me other than a bit of weeding in its general vicinity! I like plants that can look after themselves
In a few more weeks  Galanthus elwesii should be breaking cover and coming into bloom! I'm sure Otto already has some out now!
cheers
fermi

[Matt T]

My favourite Galanthus species, Fermi. Lovely.

Last weekend I sliced up my fattest G.peshmenii bulb  There were a couple of good offsets in the pot, so I decided to try my hand at chipping/twinscaling. Results in a few weeks...

[Anthony Darby]

Do you ever get seed? G. peshmenii was lumped with reginae-olgae prior to 1994, so would be allowed into NZ. Curiously, G. platyphyllus is on the MPI Biosecurity Index, but no-one ever offers seed of that species!

[Matt T]

Do you ever get seed? G. peshmenii was lumped with reginae-olgae prior to 1994, so would be allowed into NZ. Curiously, G. platyphyllus is on the MPI Biosecurity Index, but no-one ever offers seed of that species!

Not last/this year for me but if I get any next year I'll keep you in mind, Anthony. I have bulbs from at least 2 sources and will try to cross-pollinate them to ensure some genetic variability.

[fermi de Sousa]

Do you ever get seed? G. peshmenii was lumped with reginae-olgae prior to 1994, so would be allowed into NZ. Curiously, G. platyphyllus is on the MPI Biosecurity Index, but no-one ever offers seed of that species!

Hi Anthony,
I have never gotten seed on this one but we originally got seed from Rannveig Wallis, so perhaps ask if she has some this year,
cheers
fermi

[Anthony Darby]

Thanks guys. I'll keep these suggestions in mind.