Galanthus February 2016

[annew]

Photo of mine yesterday.

[Carolyn Walker]

Eleven days ago we had a blizzard that dumped 30" (76.2 cm) of snow on us in 24 hours---quite exciting.  Prior to that it was unseasonably warm and many snowdrops were in full flower.  I covered them with plastic boxes, which I just removed a few days ago.  When uncovered, the flowers were in roofless snow caves making for interesting photos.

1. Godfrey Owen
2. Godfrey Owen
3. Kite--taken today, as you can see we still have lots of snow despite many intervening days in the 50s F (10s C)
4. Kite
5. Wendy's Gold

[Carolyn Walker]

More snowed in snowdrops...

1. Daphne's Scissors with unusually green tips this year
2. Spindlestone Surprise
3. Spindlestone Surprise
4. Richard Ayres
5. Trumps

[Maggi Young]

The combo of snow and sun does make the 'drop pix  very pretty, Carolyn

[ian mcenery]

Galanthus plicatus 'Amy Doncaster' - thank you Ian (Mcenery)

Cyril
Nice too see it's doing well for you

[Leena]

By the way I love your garden shots they are always very artistic

Thank you Ian, it is just that I try to take the pictures at an angle which doesn't show all the unwanted things and not so pretty plants.  I reality my garden is not as good as it seems in pictures, but I hope some day it will be. I planted my first woodland bed six years ago, and have made new expansions every year since, for the new plants. 
Seeing pictures of flowering plants here helps when I have to wait here for the snow to melt and ground to defrost.

Beautiful snowdrops in the snow Carolyn

[steve owen]

The very first snowdrop bulb I ever bought was G.Colesborne at Colesbourne House ten years ago. The Book says it is slow-growing, and true to its billing each year since then it has obstinately sent up a single flowering shoot. This year the flowering shoot is there with, hooray, an offset shoot. Patience rewarded!
Oddly, more recently I have grown Colesborne elsewhere in the garden and it has divided steadily.

[chasw]

Nice pictures Cyril,hope my bloomer performs as well

[johnstephen29]

Hi Anne & Cyril your galanthus koenenianus plants are beauty's. Another galanthus for my wish list.

[Alan_b]

The very first snowdrop bulb I ever bought was G.Colesborne at Colesbourne House ten years ago...

I too bought a bulb of 'Colesbourne' 'Colossus' at Colesbourne House about 10 years ago.  I very quickly lost it.  So a few years later I bought another one and lost that.  Unwilling to give up, I bought a clump (very reasonably priced) at the last ever Galanthus Gala in 2013.  That has done really well, I now have it in two locations in the garden and also a large pot full.  Last Saturday I went to the Norfolk Plant Heritage Snowdrop Day.  All attendees were given a free snowdrop, pre-assigned to their ticket number.  What did I get?  More 'Colossus'!

Edit:  I found myself writing 'Colesbourne' when, of course, I meant 'Colossus' (thanks to Brian Ellis for pointing out my error).  'Colossus' originated at Colesbourne House but I have never felt that it was the best choice of name because there are plenty of larger snowdrops and 'Colossus' reaches its largest only long after the flowers are over.  So I guess my brain does not want to remember a name that does not sit easy with it.     

[johnstephen29]

I've been passing this clump of galanthus to and from my place of work for the last thirteen years and have seen it slowly increase in size, can anyone tell me what variety it is please? Sorry about the photo's, the clump is on a main road so I had to be quick.

[Cyril L]

Looks like the common double snowdrop, Galanthus nivalis 'Flore Pleno', John.

Nice pictures Cyril,hope my bloomer performs as well

Chas, my plant came from Margaret Owen and is clumping up well but I think it was named by John Morley.

Here is a picture showing the lower leaf surface of Galanthus koenenianus, quite a small but delicate species.

[Maggi Young]

Very attractive foliage, isn't it?

[johnstephen29]

Thanks for identifying it for me Cyril, it seems as good a plant as ordinary nivalis. Your koenenianus plant has great lined foliage and the flowers arn't bad either.

[Cyril L]

Very attractive foliage, isn't it?

Certainly is, in fact this is the main attraction of the species.