Galanthus in February 2025

[Jeffnz]

Mariette
Love the yellows.
Harry
Wolud you say that your green is a poc?
Jeff

[hwscot]

Hi, Jeff .. it certainly looks like a poc.

[Jeffnz]

Fingers crossed that it returns next year.

[Stefan B.]

Stefan, what is the mother plant? G.elwesii? Or is this a hybrid?

I'm so glad you like it. Yes, this is a G.elwesii seeding.

Stefan, Your G. trojanus looks great! Somehow this species owes a special dignity.

I agree with you, that's right!

[Leena]

Stefan, thank you

Which reminds me of Leena´s complaint that the "green" snowdrops often are not as green with her as they should be. Maybe the stronger sunlight later in the year makes them bleach? I noticed that with several green-tipped pocs as well.

Mariette, that is a very possible reason, as at the same conditions yellow snowdrops are always very nice bright yellow. The norther you are the stronger the sunlightis  at snowdrop flowering time.
Only the very  green ones, like 'Green Tear' are green here, and even they are not as strong green as in more south. Inverse poculiforms are an exception, their green on the outers is as green as in the inners.

Here is 'Trumps' coming up.

[Stefan B.]

Stefan, thank you

Mariette, that is a very possible reason, as at the same conditions yellow snowdrops are always very nice bright yellow. The norther you are the stronger the sunlightis  at snowdrop flowering time.
Only the very  green ones, like 'Green Tear' are green here, and even they are not as strong green as in more south. Inverse poculiforms are an exception, their green on the outers is as green as in the inners.

Here is 'Trumps' coming up.

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This spring my green varieties are also not green enough, like other years. This spring when the snowdrops were about to bloom, they were covered in snow for a long time. When they are in bloom and they don't get enough sunlight, then the green varieties are paler, that's what I think from the modest experience I have.


Galanthus nivalis Grünschleier   


Galanthus elwesii 'Rosemary Burnham'


Galanthus nivalis 'Green Tear'

Sorry for the bad photos!

[Jeffnz]

Makes sesne. Plnats need sunlight to photosynthetise.

[hwscot]

This spring my green varieties are also not green enough, like other years.

But Stephan, the photos .. the flowers .. are just beautiful.

What you say raises a point that interests me .. I love the yellows to excess, but I've also discovered a fondness for drops that have a pale green or limey ovary and markings. They are beautiful in their own right, almost to my eye a distinct category. But the question is, when a plant that often produces clear yellow flowers produces instead a pale green flower .. is that something to be concerned about? It's not as if the pale green or yellowy green is 'wrong', it's just what it is that year.

As an aside, I wonder if anyone has a list of the 'limey' drops. I use that name because I had one from Woottens some years ago, a plicatus they called 'Woottens Limey'. I've tried Yaffle, which has that reputation, but haven't succeeded in keeping it yet. I've bought others which were described as limeys but have grown for me with a good solid green.

Anyway .. beautiful photos!

[Stefan B.]

Jeffnz, Thank you!
 
I'm glad 'Elizabeth Harrison' appeared this spring, I hope it manages to reproduce!

Galanthus 'Elizabeth Harrison'


Galanthus nivalis Sandersii Group


Galanthus 'Midas'