Galanthus in November 2017

[Harald-Alex.]

Thank You, Maggi Young for supposing me in replying snowdrop fotos!
The former foto with the snowdrop bulbs show big Elwesii bulbs with a black scincover (1. + 2.row left), white Elwesii bulbs in the middle and Elwesii bulbs from Gardencenter right!
I am glad that I have found here a forum vor all questions of snowdrops, other ornamental bulbs and alpine plants.
Thank You for the warm wellcome!

[Maggi Young]

Happy to help, Harald!

[David Nicholson]

Welcome to the Forum Harald.

[Alan_b]

Hello Harald; welcome to the forum.  All healthy snowdrop bulbs are white if you remove the dead outer tunic.  I tend to do this routinely to verify the health of the bulb.  If the bulb has been stored in dry conditions the outer tunic becomes brown, dry and very thin.  If the bulb has been stored in wet conditions the tunic tends to become black and mushy.  Your photograph shows examples of wet, none and dry. 

[Harald-Alex.]

Hallo Alan, thank You for Your interesting comment to my bulbfoto. I am glad to find here so a great forum, where I can learn news about snowdrops.
Two years ago my wife and I visited with a group of german galanthophile with Laade-Gartenreisen Snowdrop-parks and -gardens east of  England, so the Walsingham Abbey or Anglesey Abbey, where we was impressioned from the huge amounts of flowering snowdrops in the beautiful parks!
Since several years I have some Elwesii Snowdrops in my garden and I found spontan seedlings of them! This was very interesting vor me and after I am retired, I started to collect snowdrops! With the Queen Olga`s the flowersaison is here from begin october till begin of April, nearly 6 month!
In the next februar I and my wife come to Scottland with Laade-Gartenreisen, where Ian Christie will show us snowdrop places of Northengland and Scottland, so Dunblane  or Castle Cambo!
Greetings from Germany
Harald

[Blonde Ingrid]

Some early beauties out today.

First is Lady Alice from Ian Christie. This has gorgeous deep green markings and a lovely shape and seems to be thriving in the warm South.

Next, one of Andy Byfield's specials Twister, named after the extreme twisting of the leaves which are reminiscent of Ridley Scott and Alien. Probbly a hybrid between Galanthus elwesii and G. gracilis. A beautiful drop which is very vigorous both in the pot and the garden. I keep encouraging Andy to make this drop more available.

Finally Smaragdsplitter, with green marks this year.

Some very nice yellows on the way as well.

[Alan_b]

Both 'Lady Alice' and 'Twister' are completely new to me, Ingrid.  Are they usually this early to flower?  I have tried and failed to get Ian Christie to identify which of his snowdrops are really early-flowering.  What species is 'Lady Alice'?  And where would an elwesii find a gracilis in flower to hybridise with at this time of year (this last question is rhetorical)?  I don't know if you noticed but 'Twister' has very small green marks at the base of the outer petals.  Green tips are commonplace but green marks at the base are rare.     

[Marie-Rose N]

Hello
Some Galanthus in bloom in the garden in mid November
Exuse me my English is very bad.
DSC 2692 : Galanthus 'Dorothy Foreman'
DSC 2711 : Galanthus 'Donald Sims Early'
DSC 2721 : Galanthus reginae-olgae subsp. reginae-olgae 'Hyde Lodge'
DSC 2731 : Galanthus 'Advent'
Marie-Rose & Alain

[Harald-Alex.]

Hallo Marie-Rose, this are fine fotos of Your snowdrops. Best of this I like Galanthus r-o Hyde Lodge with the wite randed green marks.

[Gert G.]

Sheds and Outhouse with full green inner and nice green tips.

[Rick Goodenough]

Gert,

That is just terrific. I wish I knew the story on the name! I am not aware of any other elwesii with that amount of green this early. Nice!

Rick

[Rick Goodenough]

Galanthus reginae-olgae subsp vernalis 'Alex Duguid' blooming today in the garden. Late November is quite early for a G. r-o subsp vernalis here in New England. Delighted to be growing it here and it seems happy with me with three blooms in its second year.

Excitement is building!

Rick

[Brian Ellis]

Sheds and Outhouse with full green inner and nice green tips.

Très Chic    That would have got John Finch very excited!  I remember him seeing it at The Garden House and snapping it up.

[Rick Goodenough]

This is a North American introduced elwesii, G. 'Potter's Prelude' which is behaving as expected with a Thanksgiving bloom and leaves that arch/recurve early on.

Rick

[Mariette]

A very elegant selection, Rick! Are the outers as long as the pic suggests?