Galanthus in February 2018

[Rick Goodenough]

If it will grow in my care it will thrive in your garden! lol Rick

[Maggi Young]

I don't know what it is about our place that the elwesii don't like, but they never do well in the open garden. Very odd!  They do look very happy for you!

[Rick Goodenough]

Ha ha...too much cossetting in your Scottish haven.

[Maggi Young]

I think it MAY be the summer wet!

[Rick Goodenough]

This is G. 'Godfrey Owen' basking in the sun this week following a terribly cold start to the winter here in S.E. Massachusetts, US. Rick

[Rick Goodenough]

Yes, summer wet is not so good for them. I am guessing both nivalis and plicatus are happy with you, Maggi.

[Mariette]

Gert, some really terrific drops! Keep 'em coming!

Here is one I am thrilled to grow. An elwesii poculiform originated by Cal Mateer that is putting on quite a show in the garden this week.

This is really an outstanding selection, Rick! Especially I like the dainty green marks, which make it look  not as icy and sterile as other pocs.

[Rick Goodenough]

This is really an outstanding selection, Rick! Especially I like the dainty green marks, which make it look  not as icy and sterile as other pocs.

Thank you, Mariette!

I think the faint green tip on the inners adds an element of beauty to this one as well....the rounded sepal edges are a bit distinctive to my eye as well. Rick

[Maggi Young]

Sheryl Jermyn has some news of Jim Jermyn........

BREAKING NEWS: Check out BBC Breakfast News on BBC1 tomorrow morning - Saturday 24 Feb - to see my Dad, Jim Jermyn, botanist / horticulturalist and Head Gardener / Property Manager at Branklyn Garden, do a piece on rare snowdrops!!! 

[Blonde Ingrid]

Sheryl Jermyn has some news of Jim Jermyn........

BREAKING NEWS: Check out BBC Breakfast News on BBC1 tomorrow morning - Saturday 24 Feb - to see my Dad, Jim Jermyn, botanist / horticulturalist and Head Gardener / Property Manager at Branklyn Garden, do a piece on rare snowdrops!!!

Lets hope that prices are not mentioned or we can look forward to another wave of Ebay fraudsters!

[Rick Goodenough]

A very pleasant surprise to see this one drop this morning. This our own Alan Brigg's green leaved nivalis 'Green Light' growing nicely in North America. Foul weather for photographs today is my excuse for this lackluster and unfocused image.

Thank you for making this possible, Alan!

Rick

[Harald-Alex.]

Hello all, the weather prognose of eastgermany for the next week say nightfrosts till -20 °C and I will see, how the snowdrops will survive!
Today I found the "Scharlockii" reacted in a special reaction: in the first frost of -7 °C the flowers nicked in the point with the two "Ears" and grow downwards, as if the want protect the flowers!
I will see, if the grow back to light after the winterperiod!

[Harald-Alex.]

a fine Elwesii Snowdrop like the "Fluke" of a whale:

[Leena]

Bit of sun today and I had some free time - enjoyed a coffee on my beloved swing seat (the one Ian Young told me we'd never use!) before the cold got to me. The snowdrops are looking pretty.

So lovely views in the garden with snowdrops! There is nothing better than snowdrops in their full flower when other plants are only just coming.

[Bart]

Every year my snowdrops get attacked by what I guess are mice and slugs. They wait until most flowers are in full glory, and then start munching their way through. Every morning, a clump slightly further up the garden, will be diminished like in this picture:



I have never seen the culprits, but I guess it must be mice because the attack is so systematic. I have asked my helper to look out for them but to no avail...



A clump of what I presume is 'Viridapice', I never bought it so no idea where it came from:



and a detail of its flower



Maybe the experts can confirm it is indeed 'Viridapice' ?