Galanthus March - April2007

[Johan Mens]

Thank you all for your enthousiast reactions ! As I was not at home I couldn't reply earlier.

Brian, I didn't take a picture of the inside of 'Belles Etoiles' yet and it has finished flowering.
It is rather small flowering, but in a clump they look like lots of little stars and it is stable and vigourous!
Everyone seeing it was attracted !

Anthony, Paddy, John, ... the coal are very hot now and a queue is forming but isn't large yet as these are the first pictures of the snowdrops, so... you are ahead in the queue. The first will be used for swapping snowdrops.

Attached some pictures which may interest you all, taken at Colesbourne in Mid-February.
Some are new snowdrops as well at least for me.

[Johan Mens]

Forteviot Poculiform

[Johan Mens]

A Trym seedling and South Hayes

[Johan Mens]

Deer Slot and a group of Lord Lieutenant

[Johan Mens]

Rosemary Burnham and a group of Mandarin

[snowdropman]

Johan - many thanks for posting the photo's of these Colesbourne snowdrops, which include some lovely new forms

Snowdrops are a little thin on the ground in my garden now - 'Beth Chatto' is hanging on whilst, amongst the nivalis, 'Viriscens' is at its best, and 'Cockatoo', 'Mrs Tiggywinkle' & 'Octopussy' have now been flowering for about 3 or 4 weeks. Sadly a blackbird(?) has just chopped off the flower on 'Green Ibis' , but the less well known Czech nivalis 'Praha' & 'Grunspitz' more than make up for this loss, with the lovely green markings on their outers 

A snowdrop which I acquired as g. platyphyllus, poked its head above ground about 3 weeks ago, but has not grown on since, so the jury is still out on whether or not it is the real thing!

Looking on the bright side, less than 6 months to go before the first of the g. reginae-olgae emerge and start flowering

[Paddy Tobin]

Johan,

Another great show. Lovely snowdrops. Enjoyed them very much. Many thanks. Paddy

[loes]

how nice to see all those different snowdrops.sure know what to look for the next couple of years.a long whish list!

[mark smyth]

As March is about to bow out to April Galanthus nivalis 'Green Ibis' is finally out and open. One more to come after this. I found a lost pot with recently with 'Danube Star'. 'Green Ibis' was a gift so I cant knock it but Johans green pocs are stunning

[Anthony Darby]

Lovely pics of lovely snowdrops guys. That's a nicely marked form Colesbourne has of 'South Hayes' Johan.

[galanthophile]

Talk about saving the best till last!

[Joakim B]

This looks like it is going to be funny snowdrops of this. Is it even a Galanthus or is it a narcissus?

The picture looks like nivalis but they called them ikare.
Anyone that knows?
I guess we will know in a few days but I am curious
Joakim

[mark smyth]

not a Galanthus

[Joakim B]

Thanks Mark with this flowers it surely did not look like it.
I will sue the company (a big supermarket chain) that sold them to me for trillions and spend all of it on japanese hepaticas.
I only paid 2€ but the emotional damage is huge 
It will be intersting to see what it is though 

Joakim

[Paul T]

Looking on the bright side, less than 6 months to go before the first of the g. reginae-olgae emerge and start flowering

Chris,

Only a couple of weeks until they appear here.  Usually by the 14th of April most years.  G. peshmenii is often up before the reginae-olgae ones.  I SO look forward to it every year!! <grin>