Galanthus January 2009

[KentGardener]

Arthur

my favourite is one in the third picture - 4th flower from the bottom.  Nice rounded petals.   

Is it a different one from all the others?

John

[art600]

John

I agree with you - think I will mark it out for further investigation. 

[johnw]

John - You have an eye for the good ones. If I took my glasses off I'd say that one was Diggory but them I'm no judge.

johnw

[art600]

John - You have and eye for the good ones. If I took my glasses off I'd say that one was Diggory but them I'm no judge.

johnw

That was my thought, but if it is, it has to be a sport.   

[ian mcenery]

A couple from me before the snow arrives

sandersii from Ian of the Christie kind - thanks Ian
Mrs Macnamara

[steve owen]

 
Rodmarton this afternoon very cold and bright. Snowdrops well behind as has been the case elsewhere.  G. 'Richard Ayres' and 'Melvillei' doing their stuff, plus three others pictured, but many other varieties still reluctantly making their way upwards.

G. 'Spindlestone Surprise'
G.  'Anglesey Abbey'
 G. 'Rodmarton Regulus'

[annew]

Anne

Your gracilis are spectacular 'big and bouncy'   

Are they a named form, or one from seed that you are bulking up.

Definitely one to covet.

It's a pot of seedlings.

[ian mcenery]

Anne

Your gracilis are spectacular 'big and bouncy'   

Are they a named form, or one from seed that you are bulking up.

Definitely one to covet.

It's a pot of seedlings.

Anne very satisying how long did they take form seed to flower?

[johnw]

Another shot of Compton Court (I really like this one) and Galanthus nivalis Viridapice (from a pack of 10 ex Holland, one is white).

Sunny and +4c here today.

johnw

[TC]

Snowdrop time again.  I was not sure where to post this as it is of general interest rather than for Galanthus fans but this is as good a place as any.
I have posted pictures from here over trhe last two years and it is difficult to get a different slant on it but for those who have not seen them before here goes.  Taken today in Fullarton woods in Troon just before the snow - it didn't arrive !

[Paddy Tobin]

Tom,

What a fabulous place, great setting and I love the photograph of the snowdrops growing on the old tree trunk; amazing how they managed to gain a foothold right up the trunk. Was some help provided? Is this a naturalised planting or is it managed?

Paddy

[KentGardener]

Thanks Tom

I remember that dead trunk well from previous years.

Really nice to see the your photo tour.  It looks like a lot of our Southern snowdrops days are going to be cancelled this week.  

Thanks for showing me the snowdrop woods in 2009  - I look forward to seeing them again in 2010.

Cheers

Jon

[David Nicholson]

Now that's how I like to see Snowdrops.

[Alan_b]

Snowdrop time again.  I was not sure where to post this as it is of general interest rather than for Galanthus fans but this is as good a place as any....

I think most, if not all of us, on the road to becoming Galanthus fans, have been seduced by the sheer beauty of snowdrops seen en-masse in the middle of winter. 

[TC]

Paddy

No help was given to any plants.  The tree stump has planted itself up with seeds. The wood is a local park with paths through it - used mainly by dog-walkers and locals taking a walk.
Any branches falling down are left to rot.  If a tree falls then it will only be moved if it is a danger.
A few years ago the council were going to sell the ground for housing but there was such an outcry that they quickly backed down.  The councillors feared that they would be lynched, such was the feeling among the locals.
In the summer, brambles and scrub cover the snowdrops and it becomes a haven for wild birds.  The ground never dries out so maybe that is how the snowdrops have survived and flourished for so long.