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When I went round the Anglesey Abbey collection this year they has a solitary plicatus labelled 'Kirtling Towers'. It's really a nivalis isn't it? And no 's' on the end? I'm sure it originates from the property Kirtling Tower via Richard Ayres (after he had left Anglesey Abbey).
Can anyone identify this lost label Galanthus? Diminutive, 10cm tall, double, leaves applanate, dark green with a wide silver stripe down the middle. Flowering now. Possibly a Greatorex double?
...'Grakes Heredij' ... big- flowered and consistent greenstriped complete poculiform.
Here is Galanthus nivalis 'Grakes Heredij'. It is a perfect poculiformis, with all crisp white six petals being - approx.- of the same length but every petal is heavily marked at the end with dark green stripes. It flowers at a good height, is a pure nivalis, but the flowers are approx. 3 cm... So, , not one of my findings in 'Scharlockii' but a new bold growing and flowering poculform green marked nivalis.
Thank you, Bernadette; I have made quite some selections in past years in different species. The most rewarding situation to me now, is the seedlings that occur in my garden, 'Grakes Heredij', named after my grandfather Gerard Schoefs. Every new flowering season has something new 'in petto'. The gene-pool in a collection of over 700 snowdrops is of course great. That opens up some possibilities especially when bees 'think' completely different from us, people... 'Wanted, delberate crosses' are often less beautiful than the spontaneous occurring ones.Another angle for 'Galanthus nivalis 'Grakes Heredij'
I hate to put it like this but could you show some better photos?
Hi all, a brand new selection from the stable. I selected this snowdrop already in 2008. Since than I have been bulking it up to a decent number before naming it. I think that is essential: growing an oustanding selection, getting it up to a good number of petals, trying it in at least three gardens and than if it supposed to be an extra, naming it...Here is Galanthus nivalis 'Grakes Heredij'. It is a perfect poculiformis, with all crisp white six petals being - approx.- of the same length but every petal is heavily marked at the end with dark green stripes. It flowers at a good height, is a pure nivalis, but the flowers are approx. 3 cm... So, , not one of my findings in 'Scharlockii' but a new bold growing and flowering poculform green marked nivalis.