Galanthus in December 2018

[Alan_b]

That's a very nice one, Anne.  How does it compare to 'York Minster'?

[Anne Repnow]

That is a very good question, Alan. I wonder myself and wil post pics for you to decide.
My feeling is that the outers on this one are a little broader and longer and more stripey green than extensively washed green as in York Minster.
I am hoping to get York Minster next year, so I can really compare them.

[Tim Harberd]

Hi All,
   Three Ships opens the season here….. a bit early… and looking like it’ll need dividing  AGAIN  this Summer.

Tim DH

[johnralphcarpenter]

Three Ships sailing in early here as well.

[Mariette]

A lovely scenery, Ralph! The snowdrops look as if they decided on their own to grow there.

[annew]

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Is it available from the SRGC?

[Maggi Young]

"Is it available from the SRGC?"
 Anne, I corrected your RHS link, which had an error.

 The Daffy Yearbook is not available from the SRGC, but, as usual, we  are able to tell forumists that the  RHS Daffodil, Snowdrop and Tulip Yearbook 2018  is available  from John Gibson 14 Waverley Road Kettering Northants NN156NT  (as originally  detailed here :
http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=16752.msg397635#msg397635 )  where there are also some notes re articles.


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[Anne Repnow]

This little group of G. plicatus spp. byzantinus has been blooming - one after the other - since the end of October. I'm hoping they will clump up in coming years...

[Mariette]

This is really an elegant beauty, unlike ´Three Ships´, though I´m glad to grow that one, at least! I wonder why it hasn´t been named, as so many others of less distinction have been.

[johnralphcarpenter]

A lovely scenery, Ralph! The snowdrops look as if they decided on their own to grow there.

Thanks Mariette, I don't like the garden to look too tidy!

[Alan_b]

This is really an elegant beauty, unlike ´Three Ships´, though I´m glad to grow that one, at least! I wonder why it hasn´t been named, as so many others of less distinction have been.

Autumn-flowering specimens of Galanthus plicatus were unknown (or undocumented) even 3 years ago.  Then a report circulated of some being found in Turkey and now all the serious snowdrop collectors seem to be growing them.  Some sort of synchronicity, I suppose.  But they haven't been around long enough to start being named.   

[Mariette]

Thank You for this interesting information, Alan! I wondered whether this autumn-flowering Galanthus plicatus is a seedling of ´Three Ships´, which is shy to set seed with me. As there is even a bunch of this exciting new drops, as You tell, it´s certainly better to test them before naming any.

[Anne Repnow]

You are right, Mariette and Alan. I had about 4 blooms one after the other and they alle looked more or less the same to me. I think it is a wild subspecies with normal variations. Ru may have selected particular forms by now - time will tell.

[Tim Harberd]

Hi Mariette,
   I’ve not had any trouble setting seed with ‘Three Ships’. In fact I got so many seedlings that most of them have been banished to the Allotment, where they astound the other plot holders!

Tim DH

[Maggi Young]

Hi All,
   Three Ships opens the season here….. a bit early… and looking like it’ll need dividing  AGAIN  this Summer.

Tim DH

  You have more vessels there than the average  shipping magnate, Tim!!