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On top of this yellows and green tips may vary year to year (some green tips rarely showing that character)
This may well be true, but in the case of a variety with a known settling in issue of say, up to three years, I would have expected the seller to have made that clear to any purchasers, up front. This would be particularly pertinent if the vendor also advised that drops should be dug up every three years! Those galanthophiles who keep their varieties in pots and re-pot each year will, under those circumstance never achieve full colour. In addition, if the drop is expensive, and you may not see its true character for up to three years, that may well influence your purchasing decision.
The inner mark is fine as it can either be like this or a sort of H shape, it has the flare of gracilis too. I personally think that nearly all snowdrops take a couple of years to hunker down and achieve their full character. On top of this yellows and green tips may vary year to year (some green tips rarely showing that character). No doubt someone who grows it can comment with more authority (NB must check if I grow it )
Lovely all of them Ann --I seem to remember a video somewhere in which you show the ins and outs of hybridizing --sorry I can't remember now whether it was Narcissus or Galanthus . Is that still able to be viewed please ?.Cheers Dave.
woronowii and reginae olgae are species (hence their names are not capitalised). Flore Pleno is bound to be Galanthus nivalis 'Flore Pleno' although that's really more of a descriptive term than a cultivar name. 'Bill Clark' belongs to the species plicatus and originated at Wandlebury Ring, just a few miles from where I live. I don't grow or really know 'Big Boy' so I cannot tell you about him.
This one is Galanthus elwesii var elwesii.