Galanthus February 2009

[Anthony Darby]

Here's some starting to open now that the snow has virtually gone.
Dionysus
Finchale Abbey
South Hayes
Baylham
Desdemona
Wendy's Gold
nivalis
rizehensis.

[wolfgang vorig]

with us in the garden is still snow.

Wolfgang

[Hagen Engelmann]

Hallo Wolfgang,
heute sind wohl alle Nichtkontinentalen zu den Schneeglöckchen-Galas. Da können wir  getrost mal deutsch miteinander reden. Hier sieht es ebenfalls trostlos weil schneereich aus

[wolfgang vorig]

Hallo Hagen,

Es scheint so, das heute alles Unterwegs zu Börsen ist. Bei mir hat es die Nacht wieder tüchtig geschneit
Wir müssen uns eben noch in Geduld üben.

Gruß,   Wolfgang

[mark smyth]

Do you remember maybe a week ago there was a brief discussion re twin scaped Wendy's Gold? I see Anthony has one.

[Brian Ellis]

Do you remember maybe a week agao there was a brief discussion re twin scaped Wendy's Gold? I see Anthony has one.

I can't see it Mark, the bottom right ones look like they may come from two bulbs, one behind the other.  We thought we'd spotted a triple flowered snowdrop in one garden, but the owner stuck their great clodhoppers on the bed in question and untangled three flowers!

[mark smyth]

Far left?

[vivienr]

Now that the snow has gone I have just spotted a group of 4 of my S. Arnott has another flower just appearing through the sheath. Is this what is meant by twin-scaped? Is it likely to persist?. I had one bulb like this last year but did not mark which one it was.

[Brian Ellis]

Far left?

Ah could well be, Anthony?

[KentGardener]

There is a Wendy's doing that in my garden too - maybe it is just one of those years.

John

[David Quinton]

There is a Wendy's doing that in my garden too - maybe it is just one of those years.

John

I have one doing it too. Must be a good year for it.

David

[mark smyth]

and all of Anne Borill's Wendy's were twins.

I hear the Scottish 'Gala' will be less attended so a good idea for everyone to head north so get some elbow room.

[Alan_b]

Now that the snow has gone I have just spotted a group of 4 of my S. Arnott has another flower just appearing through the sheath. Is this what is meant by twin-scaped? Is it likely to persist?. I had one bulb like this last year but did not mark which one it was.

My understanding of "twin scaped" is two flower stalks from the same sheath (so therefore the same bulb).  Quite a few snowdrops do this quite frequently and Mark had asserted that his Wendy's Gold always do; except not this year as it turned out.  A much rarer phenomenon is two flowers on the same scape.

[Brian Ellis]

We had an overnight trip to the Gala, meeting up with Norfolk friends at Benington Lordship as we wanted to see the snowdrops there.  Although the garden was actually closed on Friday we were able to go round and see what was not under snow!  The moat is smothered in snowdrops and there are great drifts in the garden around the house on the side that abuts the church.  The poor wee things were pushing through the snow still in some places.  The remains of a Norman motte and bailey castle provide a wonderful setting for the house.  There was a pretty little snowdrop with a face pattern in the rose garden, although we saw Richard the gardener when we arrived we weren't able to ask which it was.  Other things were starting to flower like the crocus.  Having walked round the garden we went into the churchyard as there were drifts there too and then into the church via the porch where this lovely stained glass memorial window caught our eye, one for you Maggi.

[Maggi Young]

What a fine pair of windows, Brian..... with snowdrops in one as fine and fat as the 'drops in the gardens!