Galanthus Jan 22

[Tim Harberd]

Happy New Year!

Here are some more Mrs Macnamara seedlings. This time crossed with Three Ships.

Tim DH

[Tim Harberd]

The above clump is a collection of 'chuck outs' which seem to like it in a corner of the Allotment.

I have read somewhere that MrsM is thought to be triploid and therefor sterile. However she regularly sets good seed pods for me. Of course maybe mine isn't actually MrsM!!

The MrsM x Diggory seedling shown last month is something of a bonus cross. I bought Diggory from a commercial supplier. The plants looked so sickly that I binned them before they had even finished flowering! However I salvaged the pollen first!! I have MrsM growing all over the garden in various different environments, so she is in flower, somewhere, for a very long time!

Tim DH

[SusanH]

Happy New Year to all.
Today’s Snowdrops - Franz Josef and Three Ships

[Mariette]

The same to You and all other forumists!

Susan, I know ´Hoggets´ Narrow´, but ´Hogget´s Round´is new to me - would You mind showing a fully opened flower?

Today we enjoyed splendid weather with 16°C, the snowdrops enjoyed the sunshine, too. ´Mrs Macnamara´starting to flower with the last ´Barnes´in the background, and ´Kyre Park´to the right.

[Mariette]

Happy New Year!

Here are some more Mrs Macnamara seedlings. This time crossed with Three Ships.

Tim DH

A rich harvest, really!
Are there any seedlings with marks other than Mrs M ?

[SusanH]

Mariette - this is the best photo I can get of Hoggets Round - it doesn’t open much as we don’t get much sunshine here in Bonnie Scotland as this time of the year - only rain!!

[Mariette]

Thank You, Susan - Your foto is perfectly alright for me! Definitely the kind of elegant  G. elwesii I prefer and one for my wish-list! The very special mark of the inners adds much to its charm. 

[Stefan B.]

The first snowdrops in my garden

Galanthus elwesii 'Dickkopf'


Galanthus elwesii  Unnamed

[David2carver]

Galanthus Godfrey Owen, always one of my first snowdrops to flower

[Gail]

Gosh your Godfrey Owen is way ahead of mine. Do you grow it in a hothouse??

Galanthus rizehensis ‘Lady Latife’ here;

[David2carver]

Gosh your Godfrey Owen is way ahead of mine. Do you grow it in a hothouse??

Galanthus rizehensis ‘Lady Latife’ here;
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I grow it in an outside plunge bed, with overhead protection from the worst of the rain

[Tim Harberd]

A rich harvest, really!
Are there any seedlings with marks other than Mrs M ?

Hi Mariette,
       I went back to the allotment to check. See attached photo. The lower line is from another clump of seedlings from the same pod, but those ones are not in such a favourable location, so all together less substantial.

Tim DH

[Mariette]

Hi Tim,
thanks for taking pains to show the impressing range of different marks ! I don´t grow that many hybrids with ´Three Ships´, but three from a cross with a G. plicatus with a single mark are starting to flower and  clearly show the influence of T.S. - to be seen here in a few days. 

[Maggi Young]

"Pumpkin Beth's" great list of snowdrop events planned for this season.....
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[Maggi Young]

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5pm Q&A session with our panel


Galanthus 'Ronald Mackenzie'