Galanthus: January 2008

[mark smyth]

If all your snowdrops are in pots you should bring them inside for a while to open the flowers before taking a photo - usually called "the kitchen treatment" - and the reminds me I have some in the kitchen that I forgot about

[Martin Baxendale]

oddly mrs thompson is in flower now, she split into 2 bulbs this year, but sadly the flowers are quite ordinary

Rob, when Mrs Thompson has settled in and made big bulbs (best planted in the garden, the bulbs may stay small and keep splitting in a pot) the flowers are semi-double, with more outer petals. Then it looks much more impressive. When the bukbs are small and the flowers single it looks like Gal. Ketton, which is a nice cultivar with nice flowers but not as impressive as Mrs Thompson when she's got all her outer petals.

[Paul T]

Or it twin-scapes, producing twin flowers.  Apparently it varies according to how it feels about it that particular year/day/weather condtion etc.

[Paddy Tobin]

Typical woman!

Paddy

[snowdropman]

Typical woman!

Paddy

Ouch!!!

[Paul T]

Gee Paddy, your game.  I think you'll be owing LOTS of chocolate for that comment!!   Depending of course whether she-who-does-not-have-the-white-fever sees it of course.  Then again, she does have eagle eyes and usually finds these things. 

[Maggi Young]

Oh, I saw it , the minute it was written!
I was just thinking what a finely shaped soul Mrs Thompson is and how, with a figure like that, "she" can  get away with her flighty behaviour 

[Maggi Young]

I don't envy your your soil conditions, Rob.... we are lucky to have a good sandy loam as our garden soil and we are grateful for it... also, flooding is something I can't abide.... I'm very keen on warm, dry feet and don't see why my plants should be so very different 

[Paddy Tobin]

Disappointed, Maggi, Very disappointed.

After planting a good jibe like that I expected a response with more fire. I can only live in hope until Lesley wakes up on the other side of the world.

Typical woman, totally unpredictable!

Paddy

[snowdropman]

Typical woman, totally unpredictable!

Paddy

Double ouch!!!

[Maggi Young]

Paddy, I had just been given a delicious chocolate praline by the BD, so I was feeling unusually mellow 
I expect that you are right - Lesley will not let you off so lightly

[Martin Baxendale]

does it seem a bit early to flower this year? im sure mrs thompson flowers later usualy?

Yes, my Mrs Thompson are usually later than this. Their shoots are up but no flowers showing yet.

[Gerard Oud]

I do also have a early flowering nivalis which shows the same flowerappearance as your mrs Thompson.
I found it a copple years ago in some ordinary nivalis, it shows 4 to 4 or 5 to5 inner and outer petals.

[ian mcenery]

Here is my Colesbourne Colossus (not really that big but a nice plant). I show 2 shots one with flash and one without. Just shows how much the flash will lose the backgound - a good trfick if that is what you want. In this case I like the plant in context and also tit looks more natural

[Martin Baxendale]

Nice semi-double, Gerard. I'd try some plicatus pollen on it (and some of its pollen on a good plicatus) to see what you get.

Ian, I prefer the shot with flash as I can see the snowdrops better!