Galanthus February 2016

[Josh Nelson]

Very attractive foliage, isn't it?

yes - nice contrast between ridged reverse and smooth upper surface

[MR GRUMPY]

G.plicatus ssp byzantinus 'Joe Sharman ' has produced two flowers from the same scape.

[Josh Nelson]

G.plicatus ssp byzantinus 'Joe Sharman ' has produced two flowers from the same scape.

Just a little green myself at that Steve!

[Rick Goodenough]

This clump of G. 'Lady Beatriz Stanley' at the Shaw garden on Cape Cod earlier this week. I love the simplicity with a touch of elegance of this old standard.

[Blonde Ingrid]

A complete delight yesterday as my newly acquired Ronald Mackenzie (thanks Ian Christie) obligingly opened to reveal just how beautiful this variety is!

Unusually for me, being grown in a pot under glass, following very welcome advice from Neil Parker who is a fellow yellow addict and who has had great success with this method.

Just starting out with this variety but that flower goes joint top of my yellows alongside Gold Sovereign, and is a real incentive to try and succeed with this reportedly difficult customer!

[Matt T]

This clump of G. 'Lady Beatriz Stanley' at the Shaw garden on Cape Cod earlier this week. I love the simplicity with a touch of elegance of this old standard.

She's very elegant, Rick. I'm a huge fan of the neat, regular doubles. Reputed to have an excellent fragrance too?

[ian mcenery]

Here one of ones that I like. Yvonne Hay a very elegant lady (a gift Thanks Tony W)

[Brian Ellis]

Unusually for me, being grown in a pot under glass, following very welcome advice from Neil Parker who is a fellow yellow addict and who has had great success with this method.

That is good to know I should obviously have spoken to him considering my abysmal record with this one, perhaps I should try it for the fourth time!  My gray cells were obviously not working well as the most wonderful potful I ever saw was plainly grown under glass and I had not thought about that..  

[annew]

Managed to get a few photos between the gales this afternoon. Some of my meagre plantings are bulking up at last - I mostly only planted 3 bulbs of each, though the James Backhouse has been there for 20 years.

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[annew]

A tiny little nivalis from Estonia, and an unregistered Dryad Gold clone.

[art600]

Nothing special - just a happy combination in flower today

[annew]

Nothing nicer!

[Leena]

I love looking pictures of your snowdrops in the garden, with crocus, hellebores and other plants.

[Josh Nelson]

A tiny little nivalis from Estonia, and an unregistered Dryad Gold clone.

lovely yellow -  contrasting well with the glaucous foliage.  Good to see it's vigorous enough to deal with the odd slug, inevitable in this wet winter!

[johnstephen29]

Two Irish snowdrops flowering for the first time with me, the first is castlegar, is this a usually tall variety? Next is two plants of straffan, all three are great plants and hopefully I can increase them and plant some in the garden.