Galanthus in January 2017

[annew]

Steve, The plants were in pots in an unheated frame. Now in the greenhouse awaiting new owners! 

[mark smyth]

Do you ever buy a snowdrop, or more, plant/pot them then forget where you put them? That's happened to many I know I got last year. Maybe its an age thing 

On a plus side I forgot I bought 'Green Tear' last year and see it has two flowering noses this year

[mark smyth]

My Greenfinch has been very odd since I bought it around 10 years ago. My only photo is from 2007 so I guess I bought it in 2006. Since then it has mostly not appeared or put up a weak leaf.

Last year I was amazed when it appeared after a few years absence and flowered. Not only that it had a daughter bulb

This year it looks like there will be 3 flowering bulbs!!!

[annew]

Do you ever buy a snowdrop, or more, plant/pot them then forget where you put them? That's happened to many I know I got last year. Maybe its an age thing 

On a plus side I forgot I bought 'Green Tear' last year and see it has two flowering noses this year

I'd go with the pluses!
And yes, I do spend an inordinate amount of time searching pot labels.

[annew]

My Greenfinch has been very odd since I bought it around 10 years ago. My only photo is from 2007 so I guess I bought it in 2006. Since then it has mostly not appeared or put up a weak leaf.

Last year I was amazed when it appeared after a few years absence and flowered. Not only that it had a daughter bulb

This year it looks like there will be 3 flowering bulbs!!!

Another plus!

[Tim Harberd]

I've taken to double labeling pots... Just in case the blackbirds decide to have a game of label tossing. Also I've started writing on the top and the bottom of labels, just in case the top snaps off!

Tim DH

[Alan_b]

An unnamed elwesii seedling that has been in flower for some time now.  Maybe one day it will qualify to join the ranks of the 'Earlies'?  It has the virtue of not being a Hiemalis Group type.

[Cfred72]

I suppose that the X is repeated three times if one turns around the flower.
It could be called "Triple X" or "xxx".      

[Matt T]

The winter weather has not delayed important deliveries. One example of the super quality bulbs that arrived today from Paul Barney.

[Brian Ellis]

You'll enjoy that one Matt it is one of the reliable heralds of the season

[Alan_b]

It could be called "Triple X" or "xxx"...

I wonder if that would leave some purchasers disappointed?  I thought the 'bottom half' of the mark (towards the apex) looked like an inverted V but the 'top half' was less distinct, like a reflection in the rippled water at the shore of a lake.  But perhaps that's just my more fanciful imagination at work?

[Rick Goodenough]

Wonderful to see the earlier Snowdrops brining in the main season. Alan, I have a soft spot for those with a clear X, fun to see yours. XXX is clever....ha ha.

I am growing several late fall bloomers that were about to open up in mid December and have only begun to do so today with much warmer weather for the moment. This is a first year G. reginae-olgae vernalis 'Alex Duguid' and I am pleased with the amount of growth showing.

Rick

[Brian Ellis]

This is a first year G. reginae-olgae vernalis 'Alex Duguid' and I am pleased with the amount of growth showing.

Love it Rick, but it doesn't play ball here, some years it does well, some it doesn't. I find it one of the most fickle, last year (2015) it was but a couple of blades of grass - literally, this year a flowering clump and it has done it before, but when it does come it gives me a great deal of joy as it is such a robust drop in the face of the winter weather.

[steve owen]

The winter weather has not delayed important deliveries. One example of the super quality bulbs that arrived today from Paul Barney.

Yes, my bulbs from Paul were also of super quality. Maybe in the spirit of publicly encouraging good-quality suppliers we should mention that Paul is trading as Edulis; I checked on the web and it seems to be just Edulis without Nursery after it.

[Rick Goodenough]

Love it Rick, but it doesn't play ball here, some years it does well, some it doesn't. I find it one of the most fickle, last year (2015) it was but a couple of blades of grass - literally, this year a flowering clump and it has done it before, but when it does come it gives me a great deal of joy as it is such a robust drop in the face of the winter weather.

Thank you Brian, yes I have seen some variability, not so much as you just yet. Last year it first opened its blooms in November and now not until January this round.

It needs to fare well in nasty weather to survive here. 

Rick