Galanthus to mid February 2007

[David Nicholson]

That's enough geometry.

[mark smyth]

lastly for today and maybe a couple of weeks. Off tomorrow but have to do two bat surveys, one on Sunday, 3 days in Scotland, home for one and a survey to do, Somerset for three days, back at work for four days, back to England to get a dose of the fever, back to work for four days and away to Scotland ...

This is very small Galanthus woronowii

[snowdropman]

That's enough geometry.

Hear, hear - this is a galanthus thread!!

[Paddy Tobin]

Mark,

Is the small size of the G. elwesii and G. woronowii due to the situation or conditions in which they grow? I had a G. 'Sophie North' which 'dwarfed' like this previously but reverted to normal stature after division and replanting in more favourable conditions. I would be interested in hearing of your experience with this phenomenon.

Enjoy your travels.

Paddy

[mark smyth]

Paddy they are naturally short. The elwesii is supposed to be late. It was last year but definitely not this year. 'Curly' just poking through today.

[Maggi Young]

Be calm, Gentlemen... it was a WHITE pyramid!

[mark smyth]

I was in Homebase today. They have 100s of pots of G. woronowii labelled as G. nivalis.

Someone was interested in elwesii 'Marjory Brown'. These are here leaves

[Paddy Tobin]

Marjory has such wonderful leaves, don't you think, Maggie?

Padddy

[Maggi Young]

Funny you should say that, Paddy, I was just thinking that very thought.

I can report that I found a couple of different snowdrops out in the garden today. One was tall and thin the other was medium and fat. I love them both.

[Anthony Darby]

Here is Galanthus fosteri flowering now, having been left outside in a pot.

[snowdropman]

Here is Galanthus fosteri flowering now, having been left outside in a pot.

Nice form Anthony - here in the south, I grow my fosterii out in the garden - have had limited success in previous years but this year they have flowered well - must be because of the milder weather that we have had.

[mark smyth]

The best fosteri I have seen are all growing outside. That's where mine will be in a few weeks

Here is an oddity. G. reginae-olgae 'Miss Adventure' where the spathe has become petaloid

[mark smyth]

A few more snowdrops. If only it had been sunny today

G. rizehensis
G. 'Clare Blakeway-Phillips'
G. 'Alison Hilary'
G. affinis nivalis
G. nivalis 'Angelique'

[Diane Whitehead]

Is there somewhere in the old forum that Mark explains his set-up for taking such clear close-ups?  I was going to post a picture, compared it to Mark's, and decided I had better take another one.

How can I search the old forum?  I tried searching to find some pictures that I posted last year, but the search function on this new forum only works with new posts.  I went to the old forum and couldn't see a search button, so just scrolled through the months until I found my pictures.  If one wanted to find information and didn't know when (or whether) it had been posted, it would be a very long slog to find it.

[KentGardener]

Hi Diane  - I still find the old forum invaluable and search it often - the search is a button at the top of the page on the old forum.

You should post your picture anyway - Mark has had a lot of practice as he takes many thousands (and thousands) of pictures. 

I look forward to seeing your photograph.

regards

John