SRGC Galanthus Poll - in your top 5

[mark smyth]

There has been some debate recently on whether a snowdrop looks good or isnt worth growing. I wont be doing the stats at the end but .....

From the snowdrops in your collection, species and hybrids, what would be in your top 5?

Please don't let this fall in to a slagging match and don't rub it in my naming the rarest in your collection. Give it some thought and let it be snowdrops that are freely available from mail order catalogues, snowdrop events and the internet.

[mark smyth]

plicatus 'Three Ships'
'Alison Hilary'
plicatus 'Wendy's Gold'
Mighty Atom Group
'John Long'

[Hagen Engelmann]

nahmd Mark,

it`s a good idea to ask in the forum.

THREE SHIPS
BOHEMIA WHITE
MERLIN
LAPWING
WENDY`S GOLD
So we can bridge the time until the spring season

[Hagen Engelmann]

Mark, I don`t know ALISON HILARY as original plant. Why do you mean AH is better then the old MERLIN??

[Martin Baxendale]

How do you define 'freely available snowdrops', Mark? Under £40? Under £20? Under £15? Under £10? I might think 'Primrose Warburg', for example is freely available, but it could still cost someone £25 to buy. I think we need some guidance on this and some sort of cut-off point otherwise everyone will interperet it in their own way and might feel they can't include a snowdrop someone else feels it's okay to include.

[mark smyth]

  ....  I've reworded it

[Hagen Engelmann]

I have a little problem, or a big? My interest for the list is, to find out some other drops, because other galanthophile have good experience with them (they look fine and they grow well - my most important things). The price should be secondary. Also the availability today. We all can wait, must wait for good drops.
The list can give me information's of new good galanthus. So I understand Mark`s new topic!?

[Martin Baxendale]

My choices would probably be five of my (so far) un-named seedlings, which I guess doesn't help anyone.

[Hagen Engelmann]

You would help me, when you would show these 5 for us. Then I could cultivate a feeling, how fine they are. May be (I`m sure it is so) your drops would be a dream for me!!!

[Martin Baxendale]

You would help me, when you would show these 5 for us. Then I could cultivate a feeling, how fine they are. May be (I`m sure it is so) your drops would be a dream for me!!!

Hagen, I don't know exactly which 5  they would be. So many of my seedlings are still growing back to flowering size after being chipped to make them into clumps. I think I can decide on maybe two or three, but there will be others I can't remember until they get back to flowering. I did post some seedling photos last year. Did you see those? I not, I can see if I can find some of them and re-post them here.

[tonyg]

Galanthus 'Poll' is not in my top five yet .... have you a picture?

[Brian Ellis]

No, sorry can't reduce the 10 aforementioned (Re: Top of the 'drops
« Reply #7 on: December 08, 2008, 01:32:50 PM »)to 5

[KentGardener]

Hagen, I don't know exactly which 5  they would be. So many of my seedlings are still growing back to flowering size after being chipped to make them into clumps. I think I can decide on maybe two or three, but there will be others I can't remember until they get back to flowering. I did post some seedling photos last year. Did you see those? I not, I can see if I can find some of them and re-post them here.

I woke up early today and had a look throught the January 2008 thread.  There were 68 pages!  So I have collected all of Martin's seedling photos together and put them below (hope that was OK Martin - let me know if you want me to remove the pictures from here).

elwesii seedling



plicatus X gracilis cross
 


a different plicatus x gracilis
 

another plicatus x gracilis


Quote 'One of my best older seedlings'


Quote 'Worth chipping this plicatus x gracilis'


Quote 'Not good enough to chip but is fertile so will be used in further breeding'


A 'Kite' seedling



Then Martin had a nice sunny day and took lots of pictures showing some of his seedlings: 



















John

[Maggi Young]

John, I  am quite sure Martin won't mind... and I am delighted.... you've saved me a task there.... thanks!! 

[KentGardener]

Thanks Maggi,

I did almost give up half way through as it took a LOT longer than I expected it would!   

Nice to have them all in one place though - hopefully Martin will then be able to see if any are missing and post some more...... please 

Regards

John