Galanthus in February 2018

[Shauney]

But I'm still waiting for a snowdrop where the 'face' with eyes is on the outer petals and so clearly visible at all times.  Perhaps you would like to take a stab at breeding that one, Anne?
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How about this little beautie!!! 😁😁😁 is this what your after Alan?

[Alan_b]

That's it, Shauney, well done!  Now all you have to do it get Thompson and Morgan to pay you £10,000 for your stock and market it as 'the snowdrop with a face'.  Maybe Ingrid can advise as marketing is her thing? 

[Maggi Young]

Cute one, Shauney!

[Brian Ellis]

How much greener do you want, Brian?

Sorry Anne that was unclear wasn't it, I should have said a nice full poc (like E A Bowles for example) with green marks on all tepals rather than completely green like your lovely one.

By the way I moved 'Dryad Gold Sovereign' on your recommendation and it has made all the difference, fantastic drop with super colour, much better than last year and really shows it's character, thank you.

[annew]

Ah - I'll get there in the end - poc/ipoc.....
Maybe Maggi and Ian can have a go, I know they have some green tipped pocs?

[annew]

But I'm still waiting for a snowdrop where the 'face' with eyes is on the outer petals and so clearly visible at all times.  Perhaps you would like to take a stab at breeding that one, Anne?
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How about this little beautie!!! 😁😁😁 is this what your after Alan?

Nice one, Shauney!

[Shauney]

Thanks Alan, Maggi and Anne. It is nice isn't it! There are three bulbs, the best was the one I posted earlier and the the other two have a mixture of either one eye, one dark with one light or two faint eyes. Some more photos. ( sorry about the quality but I had to really crop them to get them to a postable size! )

[Shauney]

Sorry once again about the quality.

[Shauney]

Named varieties in the garden.
1) S Arnott.
2) Helen Tomlinson.
3) Bungee.

Arrrh! Sorry pic size is too big.

[Maggi Young]

Hear from Olive Mason in this  'rare plant of the month' feature  from the Hardy Plant Society by Lucy ...
https://plantheritage.wordpress.com/2018/02/06/rare-plant-of-the-month-february-2018/

[Alan_b]

Hear from Olive Mason in this  'rare plant of the month' feature  from the Hardy Plant Society by Lucy ...

...Pitman.  She did not give her full name but it would be Lucy Pitman who wrote the feature.

[Harald-Alex.]

Sorry once again about the quality.

Hallo Shauny, Your new created snowdrop with the outher face is fantastic and will be go to a great future!
Here in germany is Carneval-Saison and for this I "created" a funny hybride "ICEBLUE SNOWDROP" (with a snowdrop flower and blue leaves from a delphinium flower! :-)  )

[Shauney]

Thanks Harald-Alex. It's early days yet as it's the first time it's flowered and I'll have to wait until next year and hope it stays the same but if it does prove to be stable then I guess the next thing would to try and produce a flower with a face on both the inside and outside. ( Now that really would be something! ) 😁

[Gail]

I guess the next thing would to try and produce a flower with a face on both the inside and outside. ( Now that really would be something! ) 😁

How about a smiley face on the outer and grumpy on the inner   

[Shauney]

How about a smiley face on the outer and grumpy on the inner   

No problem!!! Would anyone like a drop with a different expression on each petal while I'm at it? ☺☹😉😲😞😯
Choosing a name for it would be easy ( Emoji )