Click Here To Visit The SRGC Main Site
Paddy Its too early for me to make a list of 10 but these 5 have done really well for me in the short space of time I have been growing, most of them are fairly old cultivars that have stood the test of time so they will be old hat to you guys, in no particular orderBill BishopBrenda TroyleS ArnottMagnetLyzzickI also have a soft spot for Sibbertoft White, only just aqquired but a real delicate little thing but I doubt it will show the vigour of the previous ones. Does anyboby know the origins of the Sibbertoft plants, I would be interested to know. Thanks All Pat.
I haven't grown 'Lyzzick' though I have seen it discussed and described here on the forum.
Quote I haven't grown 'Lyzzick' though I have seen it discussed and described here on the forum.For anyone that is interested - a bulb of 'Lyzzick' is being sold on ebay now.
Primrose Warburg collected a lot of material from Sibbertoft Manor after the death of Lady Beatrix Stanley & planted the bulbs in an area of her garden at South Hayes, Yarnell's Hill near Oxford; the area was referred to as Sibbertoft Bank & I believe that PW was responsible for assigning names to some of the Sibbertoft material.
My top ten:1) G. nivalis Green Light (I found this one so it has to be top of my list).2) G. elwesii Rosemary Burnham (beautiful but difficult to keep virescent elwesii. I have found some similar drops myself but they too are enjoying mixed fortunes so far).3) G. woronowii Elizabeth Harrison (THE desirable, totally unobtainable yellow drop of the moment).4) G. Alwyn (beautifly symmetric flore pleno with stong elwesii parentage).5) G. plicatus E.A. Bowles (famously expensive but beautiful poculiform plicatus)6) G. nivalis sharlockii 'Belle de Walloni' (sharlockii and similar are vastly under-rated through having been known for so long. This one has lovely green marking on the outers).7) G. South Hayes (unusual striped marks on the outers).8 ) G. nivalis x plicatus Tommy Thomson (sorry, I just made that name up, but I'm thinking of a smallish very vigorous unnamed snowdrop I grow in my garden that sometimes produces extra petals, fused ovaries or two flowers on a single scape so a bit like a son of Mrs Thomson).9) G. nivalis walrus (weird but wonderful).10) G. elwesii Peter Gatehouse (beautiful November-flowering elwesii with good green marks on the inners).I only own 5 of my top 10, but we all need something to aspire to.
Alan, if I were to take your line - a little bit of a wish list as well as a list of favourites you grow - I would have 'Elizabeth Harrison' at the very top of my list. It is the outstanding snowdrop I have seen this season. I'm completely smitten by it.... Paddy