Galanthus January 2009

[mark smyth]

Guilty as charged.

[loes]

someone told me today he bought galanthus 'Abbott' and elwesii 'Vivaldi'.
from a retired nurseryman.
I never heard of those and can`t find them in the book.
Does anyone know these two guys?or could the man have named those himself?

[johnw]

One just coming into bloom is G. nivalis 'Appleby', a tiny thing.  Paddy mentioned he had not heard of it before and indeed it is not in the Monograph either.  Can anyone tell me something of its history?  The source was Potterton & Martin 3/96.

johnw

[mark smyth]

John it's a spikey. G. nivalis 'Appleby Spikey'

[johnw]

John it's a spikey. G. nivalis 'Appleby Spikey'

Mark - This one is not a spikey and it is pretty small and not open yet but close.  Found it in an old P&M catalogue and at this site http://www.galanthus-online.de/seiten/kultivare-a-d/applybay.html

I see there is also an Appleby 1 but have found no description yet.

johnw

[Maggi Young]

Hi, John, the photo on that site, to which a number of Forumists have contributed, is by Hagen Engelmann, so PMs to him and to Rob Potterton should get you some info, if those two are not reading this.....

[Tony Willis]

Some of my species in flower today
Galanthus elwesii
Galanthus plicatus ssp plicatus two pictures
Galanthus reginae olgae ssp vernalis
Galanthus gracilis

the first four are my own seed and the gracilis a gift

[maggiepie]

Tony, your seedlings are beautiful, you must be well pleased 

[Martin Baxendale]

Superb gracilis, Tony. Love the contrast between the very dark green marks and the paler ovary. 

[Tony Willis]

My motley collection of named ones out at the moment

Galanthus atkinsii
Galanthus Brian Mathew
Galnthus Freds Giant
Galanthus Helen Tomlinson

[johnw]

Tony  - Exciting photos and collection.  Your elwesii seedling is a corker.

johnw 

[Tony Willis]

Martin  as I said the gracilis was a present and this is the first time I have seen it in flower

John thank you

I have quite a number more to open and will photgraph them.

[Paddy Tobin]

Tony, How great to have grown them on from seed. Like John, I am very taken by the G. elwesii, your first photograph. There is an odd kind of turn out on the inner petals, very pleasing. You remind me that my very first different snowdrop, in other words it wasn't G. nivalis, was G. caucasicus grown from seed from the Irish Garden Plant Society seed exchange and because I grew it from seed it is one I really treasure and look forward to each year. This has since bulked up well and I have a few good patches around the garden.

Your snowdrops are also in excellent condition, pot and glasshouse/under cover cultivation I imagine. They are a stark contrast to my poor mud-splattered ones in the garden. But then, I would kill them if I attempted to grow them in pots.

Good show, Paddy

[Tony Willis]

Paddy you are correct they are all in pots in a frame.

I did some tyding up in the garden today and there are loose labels everywhere,blackbirds!! If I put them in the garden their origin would be lost in days

[galanthophile]

Hi Tony, a very fine collection looking quite pristine! Hope to see mine out in the garden very soon.