Galanthus in November 2017

[Leena]

No, I haven't, thanks for the tip. I see that it is in Glen Chantry's list and cheap, too.

[TCalkins]

Hello all, wanted to share images of snowdrops blooming this week in Virginia:  G. elwesii 'Peter Gatehouse' and hiemalis v. monostictus early form, and G. reginae-olgae 'Cambridge' and two un-named cultivars.

[Maggi Young]

Hello all, wanted to share images of snowdrops blooming this week in Virginia:  G. elwesii 'Peter Gatehouse' and hiemalis v. monostictus early form, and G. reginae-olgae 'Cambridge' and two un-named cultivars.

They look great.

[steve owen]

No, I haven't, thanks for the tip. I see that it is in Glen Chantry's list and cheap, too.

Two others earlies that are dependable and inexpensive are Hollis and Rainbow Farm Early.

[Rick Goodenough]

Hello all, wanted to share images of snowdrops blooming this week in Virginia:  G. elwesii 'Peter Gatehouse' and hiemalis v. monostictus early form, and G. reginae-olgae 'Cambridge' and two un-named cultivars.

Great to see all of these going in your garden at this early point in the season. Way to go, Timothy.

And Steve, great to know your recommendation of G. Hollis as it is a new one to me. Thank you!

Rick

[Rick Goodenough]

Very nice snowdrops Rick. I love the combination of leaves and snowdrops in autumn:
Barnes

Thank you, Yanik. And your image of G. 'Barnes' is stunning with the rain, leaves and such a finely formed drop.

Rick

[Yanik Neff]

Thanks Rick!
As for the hardy snowdrops: I live in a pretty cold place in Switzerland and all the early elwesiis mentioned are very hardy. If they freeze to death I would be very surprized.
I also own a very hardy r.o. that I can leave in the garden without protection. And I live at 937 m.a.s.l. (yes, we got snow some days ago already)

[YT]

Galanthus reginae-olgae "early form", ex. Taygetos Mountains, Greece. It is literally the earliest snowdrop at my place...

[Brian Ellis]

A lovely photo and a great drop.

[YT]

A lovely photo and a great drop.

Thanks, Brian

[YT]

A friend of mine spot this relatively yellowish flower in a number of potted snowdrops at a local green centre several years ago and gave me its surplus bulb.
Then, is it a regular variation in colours, please?

[Alan_b]

A friend of mine spot this relatively yellowish flower from a number of potted snowdrops at a local green centre several years ago and gave me its surplus bulb.
Then, is it a regular variation in colours?

I do not believe that an example of Galanthus reginae-olgae with yellow markings is known in cultivation so this is a very rare snowdrop indeed.  I presume this is a reginae-olgae, producing flowers before the leaves?  Are the leaves normal when they emerge or is the whole plant yellowish? 

[Brian Ellis]

A friend of mine spot this relatively yellowish flower from a number of potted snowdrops at a local green centre several years ago and gave me its surplus bulb.
Then, is it a regular variation in colours, please?

One to treasure indeed.  If it is indeed G.reginæ-olgæ, as Alan suggests, I know of only one other.

[Maggi Young]

A friend of mine spot this relatively yellowish flower from a number of potted snowdrops at a local green centre several years ago and gave me its surplus bulb.
Then, is it a regular variation in colours, please?

Pale and perfect, YT!

[YT]

Thank you, Alan, Brian and Maggi

The friend of mine labelled this flower as “Galanthus elwesii var. monostictus”. Probably he tried to ID it. Both he and I are not galanthophile at the moment and I will post pictures here again when its leaves emerging.