Galanthus February 2009

[Maggi Young]

I like the way the edges of the outer petals turn up on some of those gracilis X 'Trym' hybrids. I've seen the same effect on some of my elwesii X plicatus crosses.

Hmm.... Rod Leeds showed us a plant (photo) at Dunblane which did that upturned edge thing rather prettily...... can't for the life of me remember which it was.  Just a little edge all the way round the petal....

[Anthony Darby]

some really exciting hybrids between gracilis and 'Trym'. gracilis is the seed parent. Martin time to get your fiddling stick out!

I have some 'Trym' hybrids in the pipeline, made using different pollen parents. Only two 'Trym' flowers to work with this year and already crossed those. I need to move and feed my 'Trym' to get them all back up to flowering size. I think making them set seed year after year can sap their energies a bit if the growing conditions aren't perfect, and on my very dry south-facing slope conditions can be far from ideal.   

My 'Trym' is on the north side of a rockery and the bulb bases never receive the sun. Needless to say, they are still in tight bud. Last year I planted some very healthy seeds from my 'South Hayes'. It arrived with a lovely seed pod, so no idea with what it was pollinated, or whether the seeds are viable?

[art600]

Here are a couple of mine now looking as though they are settled in my bulb bed. Galanthus 'Hippolyta' and G. nivalis 'Lady Elphinstone'. Does my Lady E look a little bit 'ragged' or this normal?

David

Lady E looks superb - great colour    Do not think mine will be as good this year - she is still settling in

[Alan_b]

I really like Trym but I am a little concerned that there will soon be an infinite number of Trym-alikes.  Anyway, bags-I the name "Trympoline" for the bouncy one I have yet to breed.

[Paddy Tobin]

I agree with you Alan. G. 'Trym' was the next best thing to sliced bread when it came out. Then we had G. 'Trymlet' and now it seems another rash of lookalikes. I'm afraid none of those shown by Mark have the impact of the original 'Trym'. I suppose it's a case that we have seen this type and these are simply slight variations on a theme. Nice snowdrops now, mind you, but surely we don't have to watch another range of ever so slightly different snowdrops with exorbitant price tags.

Paddy

[mark smyth]

There is now 'Trimmer' shown already on the forum, 'Antrym' and 'Trimmest'Trymest'

I saw more 'Big Boy's in one place than all my years looking at snowdrops

[Brian Ellis]

Anyway, bags-I the name "Trympoline" for the bouncy one I have yet to breed.

 

I agree there are a lot of Trymlings about, I imagine the excitement of first seeing it was somewhat similar to how we felt when we saw Galanthus Chadwick's Cream on Saturday.

[Maggi Young]

I have 'Sybil Roberta' , given me by Evelyn Stevens who named it for her late Mother. I'll check it tomorrow.

This is from a few pages back ( page 26).... I got sidetracked somewhat, but I'm back on the case!!
For info, there are more details in tis page from last year about Sybil Roberta, Eveyln's  other named doubles and the greatorex doubles.. ....http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=1498.msg36369;topicseen#msg36369



Here are pix of our Sybil Roberta.....
click to enlarge....

[annew]

That's a very nice tidy double.

[mark smyth]

Dionysus is supposed to be the same but yours has a larger inner mark

[Jane]

Hello All. I haven't had five to do any posting for a while, but new computer and little one in nursery for a few hours in the week should give me some time! I have enjoyed reading all the Galanthus threads, and some superb photos too!
A few that have been flowering for me in the past few weeks,
Cowhouse Green, David Shackleton,Diggory and Sandersii Group.

[Maggi Young]

Hello, Jane....thought we hadn't "seen" you for a while! 

[Jo]

I thought Alan might like a few yellows from the garden at Chedworth last weekend 

And also the superior version of grass down the middle of the road,  Aconites 

[mark smyth]

I know that drive!

[Martin Baxendale]

I know that drive!

I don't, and it must be just a few miles from me if it's the Chedworth near Cirencester.