Galanthus March 2018

[Harald-Alex.]

@ Rick: here are only masses of leaves and very few flowers of snowdrops left over - it´s very refreshing to see Yours in pristine condition!

Harald-Alex: that yellow G. woronowii looks very promising, I hope You it will be the same next year!

Thank You Mariette, I will look for the next year, if the G woronowii will be yellow again. I send You a better foto of this:

[Mariette]

Fingers crossed it´ll look the same next year! 

@ Rick: Your snowdrops are not just in pristine condition, but very interesting ones, too!

[Maggi Young]

So kind Leena! Thank you, and I hope your snow melts soon. And until then, here is another that was under the cover of snow for nearly a month. G. elwesii 'Plymouth Rock'.

Cheers! Rick

Rick,  in your area, once this batch of snow is gone, can you begin to rely on better weather or will you still be  in danger of  more snow and frost?   It must be great to live somewhere where  the seasons are  "neater" in their  timing!

[johnw]

It has been a very long snowdrop season here on the coast of Nova Scotia after a rather mildish winter.

A few from yesterday:

nivalis 'Anglesey Abbey'
nivalis 'Blewbury Tart'
'Alison Hillary'
'Magnet' (imposter), IanC when here declared it to be 'Magnet'
plicatus 'Upcher'

johnw

[johnw]

nivalis 'Viridapice'
'Tubby Merlin'

Lastly the startling 'Rodmarton Regulus'

john

[Maggi Young]

It has been a very long snowdrop season here on the coast of Nova Scotia after a rather mildish winter.
johnw

The 'drops are looking good, for sure. I suppose in many ways it has been pretty mild here overall - just  so changeable that the  humans  have often felt it a harder season than the plants!

[johnw]

Maggi

A bit of a shock to return from Oregon, Seattle and Vancouver-Victoria to the chill of the north Atlantic.  High Spring at 75F in Eugene.  Hopefully the weather here will stay under 10c which will greatly extnd the Galanthus show, last year one warm day ended the brief show rather abruptly.

Pix once organized....

john

[Maggi Young]

High Spring at 75F in Eugene.

  Mercy - we're  glad of that in Summer!

[johnw]

  Mercy - we're  glad of that in Summer!

I must admit 75F is a few degrees over my high temperature limit.

john

[David Nicholson]

I must admit 75F is a few degrees over my high temperature limit.

john

That's when I take my first jumper off

[Palustris]

Is this G,n,Scharlockii please.

Just about finishing flowering now.

[Rick Goodenough]

Rick,  in your area, once this batch of snow is gone, can you begin to rely on better weather or will you still be  in danger of  more snow and frost?   It must be great to live somewhere where  the seasons are  "neater" in their  timing!

Seasons are rather distinct and do move generally with the calendar. We are slated for another round of snow flurries, but temperatures are rising and I do not think we'll get phased by it now. Alan will be pleased to see his 'Green Light' standing strong after being buried for a month under snow cover.

Happy Easter all! Rick

[David Nicholson]

Excellent image Rick.

[cfaitz]

Discovered this clump with one yellow last week. Any thoughts on affiliation to any other known "yellow" much appreciated. Photos taken today, so "Happy Easter!"

[Maggi Young]

Happy Easter to you too!