Galanthus April 2024

[ashley]

Really beautiful Leena, thank you

[Stefan B.]

It was my pleasure, thank you Leena!

[Leena]

Thank you Ashley and Stefan, I'm happy you enjoyed it even though I only spoke Finnish.
The snowdrops which were still flowering were not up early when the bad weather came again.
I thought cold is now over, but today the forecast said it will be again 7 degrees colder than usual next week and even snow one night!
And it is May.

Close to the end of the video I showed a double snowdrop, possibly a seedling.
In that side of the bed I have never planted any double snowdrops though I have several close by (Flore Pleno, Barbara's Double, Flocon de Neige, and across the path Ailwyn).
In that spot I had 'E.A.Bowles' which sadly vanished one winter, but it had produced self sown seedlings which I showed. They are all single plicatus two earlier flowering ones and one later.
This double has also some plicate leaves.
My question is, is there a named double snowdrop like this (which I haven't bought but perhaps I had gotten the wrong plant, though I really don't think I have planted anything just there), or could this be a seedling from 'E.A.Bowles'?

[Herman Mylemans]

Two days ago I took a long video (33 min) from my most floriferous place in the garden right now.
There are still snowdrops flowering and crocuses. At the same time Corydalis and Hepatica are also flowering.
Sorry, no English translation, but I have written the names of the plants in the video.

Leena, beautiful spring garden with a lot of botanical treasures. Thanks for showing!
Your Hepatica’s are growing well! I am surprised that japonica’s and pubescens also are growing well in your garden, probably because of snowcovering in winter.

[Mariette]

A wonderful presentation of Your glorious spring-garden, Leena! Its so colourful - in our part of the world hepatica and larkspurs, for example, start flowering at the end of the snowdrop-season. Your climate provides advantages one might envy You for. 

[Leena]

Some pictures of snowdrops that I hadn't posted last spring.

G.nivalis 'Irmi Poculi' is a snowdrop I got from a kind forumist from Austria 2020. I believe it was his find from there.
It has become one of my favourites. In warmer climate it may be flowering in early season, because it has always come up already in late December, but here it waits until March/April before it flowers. It has increased well and seems to be very cold hardy. In winter 2020 when I lost couple of snowdrops right next to it, 'Irmi Poculi' survived.
I also like the way it keeps its leaves flat during the flowering time.




'Big Boy' almost died during winter 2022, but has come now back.
Late March


A week later in early April


A month later in late April

[Leena]

'Mrs Macnamara' early April 2024


'G71'


'Glenorma', seems very slow to increase here


My own seedling from 'E.A.Bowles', an ordinary looking plicatus, but it is a good doer here. It flowered for the first time 2022.


'Trinity' also a good doer.

[Leena]

'Wifi Big Bang', a huge snowdrop ('Big Boy' in the background to compare with)


Galanthus nivalis scharlockii poc 14B Ae5, a small one


'Ailwyn', planted 2020, has not increased much (if compared to 'Trinity' planted the same year), but a very nice double


'Barbara's Double', also planted in 2020, and hasn't increased at all. I will have to move it someplace else.

[Leena]

A small Estonian yellow Tuuliku 8


'Madelaine' was slow to start here, but it is now doing ok


I almost lost 'Spindlestone Surprise' and 'Primrose Warburg' in winter 2022, but the latter has now recovered.
Corydalis was selfsown red seedling, but Eranthis was mistakenly planted too close to 'Primrose Warburg'


'Treasure Island' is slowly growing, a favourite. Planted in 2020.

[Leena]

'Poculi Perfect'


'Moreton Mill' in early May


'Trympostor'


'Wol Staines', looks like it will be a good doer. Planted 2020.

[Leena]

'Cowhouse Green', not doing well but alive


'Viridapice' and Corydalis marschalliana 'Crimea' in late April


A view with 'Viridapice' on the left


'Glenchantress' surrounded by self sown other bulbs.