Galanthus in November 2016

[Maggi Young]

Galanthus reg olg 'Hyde Lodge' has  a lovely shape. 

[Matt T]

A selection of Galanthus reginae olgae cultivars here, including:

'Tilebarn Jamie' - uppermost two flowers and some smaller secondary scapes coming up.
'Eleni' - largest flower centre.
'Cambridge' - furthest right.

[YT]

A nice bunch of snowdrops, Matt

[YT]

A friend of mine gave me some bulbs as Galanthus elwesii var. monostictus But I think it could be G. peshmenii

[Alan_b]

You'll know for sure when the leaves emerge.  Many autumn-flowering elwesii flower with the leaves showing but not all.

[YT]

Thank you, Alan I'll have a look.

[mark smyth]

It's going to be another early season here.

Galanthus elwesii ex Rix is flowering 6 weeks early. Above ground are 'Britten's Kite',' S. Arnott', 'Cicely Hall', 'The Whopper' and 'Mrs McNamara'. Fly Fishing is about a week away from opening.

[Alan_b]

A lady who came to talk to my local Gardening Club had a snowdrop that she had brought from her old garden in Norfolk to her new garden in Hertfordshire when she moved there some few decades ago.  It was a Galanthus plicatus var. byzantinus and she was certain that it used to flower in November but now flowers early in January.  I was very surprised to hear of a snowdrop that had 'gone backwards' - to the extent that I found it difficult to believe.  I wondered if somehow over the years the original had died-out and been replaced by a seedling without this being noticed.  She attributed the change to warmer weather in general and also where she now lived compared to Norfolk.  Her thought was that it was cold weather that brought-on the snowdrop to flower - which doesn't seem to accord with general experience nor with flowering times in Scotland compared to here in the south of England.   

[Alan_b]

Not the best photograph because I had to balance whilst poking my camera under a bush to take it.  But in my opinion this is one of the best of the autumn-flowering snowdrops.  That hint of green you see on the inner petals means it must be Galanthus elwesii 'Peter Gatehouse'.  This comes into flower from late October to late November here, depending on the year. Unlike many autumn-flowering elwesii, the flowers usually emerge before the leaves have unfurled.  In this photograph it is growing under a winter honeysuckle bush in ground that is too parched for anything to flourish in summer.   

[johnw]

Much to my shock, last week Ken found a reginae-olgae in flower in a bed where I out lost-labelled snowdrops!  Wonder if it's a "corcyrensis"?


johnw

[Alan_b]

"Corcyrensis" meaning one that originated from Corfu? 

[johnw]

Alan  - My "corcyrensis" came from Germany many years ago and I was told to keep that name with to distinguish it from other r-os I had or would get eventually back then.  Perhaos the nurseryman thought it was hardier. As it survived here I thought maybe Roma's experience with corcyrensis as being hardy for her might help lead me to an identification in the lola bed.


An old pic of another one, I'll have to go out and do some crawling about.  I likely have the original notes somewhere.


john

[ruben]

I really love 'Peter Gatehouse' to Alan! Still one of the best

3 snowdrops with the title 'If I was an Ant'
- Galanthus elwesii 'Frank Lebsa'
- Galanthus elwesii 'Sweetheart'
- Galanthus reg olg 'Heracles'
- Galanthus reg olg 'Hyde Lodge'
- Galanthus reg olg spontanious seedling

[ruben]

Galanthus elwesii 'Santa Claus'
Galanthus reg olg 'Sofia'
Galanthus chubby flower- diggory lookalike

[Matt T]

Galanthus reginae olgae 'Eleni' and 'Cambridge' still looking good here, the cold spell keeping them fresh.