Galanthus in December 2016

[Matt T]

Galanthus 'Three Ships' is in flower here, a very generous gift from a Forum friend - thank you! A bit early but might make it to the 25th if the weather stays cool enough.

[Maggi Young]

Here in Aberdeen I always find that 'drops in flower under glass or in the garden always last a long time - means the season lasts a long time for us.  Glad there is something to be grateful for for our weather!(There are other  garden delights  to be thankful for, of course  )

[Rick Goodenough]

Matt,

Nice to see 'Three Ships' on December 1 and about to put on their sails. They are looking good and I hope they will hold on for a few weeks for you. Please give us a peek when they open if you can.

Rick

[Matt T]

If it gets warm enough for them to open I certainly will, Rick.

You're garden is full of delights, Maggi!

[Rick Goodenough]

A sunny but windy December 1 in the garden and it provided enough warmth to coax G. 'Remember Remember' to open. Here are a couple photos, blurred a bit by the wind but I am psyched it opened up and showed off its handsome mark. First time to bloom in my garden.

Rick

[Rick Goodenough]

G. 'Remember Remember' again from a different angle this afternoon.

Rick

[Matt T]

What a beatiful flower, Rick. No wonder you are pleased.

[Rick Goodenough]

What a beatiful flower, Rick. No wonder you are pleased.

Thank you, Matt. I am happy to be growing it and have enjoyed the autumn bloomers quite a bit. A fine prelude to the upcoming regular season.

Rick

[Alan_b]

Galanthus 'Three Ships' is in flower here,

That's way ahead of me way down south near Cambridge, although last year my 'Three Ships' was in flower by now.  I attribute the late season here to lack of rainfall in September and October, possibly not a problem in South Uist. 

[Matt T]

All my bulbs are grown under cover, but we also had a dry autumn and I delayed my first watering until the very end of September, which is later that I would have done in the past. I did this because bulbs are usually slow to get going here with a gradual slide from summer into autumn/winter and watering on 01 September causing some rot problems especially noticeable on the leaf tips. This year all of my bulbs are earlier than they have been in the past couple of years, which I put down to the fact that we got something approaching a proper summer then a sharp drop in temperature with the onset of autumn. Many were putting up leaves well before I started watering and no sign of rot.

[Rick Goodenough]

Matt,

My 'Three Ships' is not yet nosed up....will have to go inspect. Hopefully, by New Years I will see it in sail.

Rick

[Brian Ellis]

I see that Colesbourne has it's 2017 catalogue on line with some prices which seem to be based on eBay winning bids!   .
I will look forward to seeing Paul Barney's list in the next few days 

[Brian Ellis]

Harvey's list has just arrived.  Unfortunately, if I am not mistaken, a lovely error where 'Sheds and Outhouses' appears as 'Sheds and Dullhouses'!!

[Alan_b]

Harvey's list seems to be online here: https://www.harveysgardenplants.co.uk/index.php?route=product/category&path=69

[Tim Harberd]

I think there is already a snowdrop called 'Nothing Special'... Here is one of its many siblings!

Special to me tho' as its the first seedling I've ever flowered. Dad (Three Ships) is just visible in the background. Mum (Mrs Macnamara) is reputed to be either triploid or tetraploid. (It depends who you read!) No polyploid vigour obvious in this seedling, so I'm guessing that the gametes are/were Haploid.

I'll give it another year of 'looking after' Then I'm afraid its likely to go to the allotment for a fairly brutal assessment as to whether its more robust than Dad!

Tim DH