Galanthus March 2009

[Alan_b]

So it's Perthshire and Aberdeen, followed by coastal Nova Scotia, then over to Victoria on the West Coast of Canada?  Well that sounds like a fun, if expensive trip.  But what I had in mind was more to do with finding snowdrops in their natural habitat by going East rather than North and West

[Hans J]

Alan :

you could also go first to the Caucasus .....to see Galanthus platyphyllus
they have always a very late flowering time

[Jo]

Alan :

you could also go first to the Caucasus .....to see Galanthus platyphyllus
they have always a very late flowering time

That sounds eastern, then maybe on into Turkey and take in a few other bulbs along the way, I don't think Ryanair go that way either 

Whenever I've looked for cheap flights to Turkey the price seems to be high. I suppose it is a long way.

The trouble with following the snowdrops east means you must also be following the cold weather, mmmm.

[KentGardener]

... but at least you have got us posting again.   

I have been sat shivering in a corner suffering from Galanth us 'Cold Turkey'.

It is nice to have a few more days chatting with my snowdrop chums. 

Thank you Alan,

John

[Diane Whitehead]

You don't have to go in the cold.  Wait two months from flowering
and look for seeds.  We could do with some pictures of seedpods.
I wonder if they vary much between species?  And you'd have seeds
to sow.

[Maggi Young]

Diane, that is VERY sensible...... it seems that there may be considerable differences in the pods and also in bulb shapes...... more than might be imagined, I would guess..... that is a further area of study to keep the Galanthophiles out of my hair ummmm, usefully occupied for quite some time.


John, I TOLD you you should have planned a visit.... we still have the little white things that so stir your heart....... I TOLD you ......

[Brian Ellis]

that is a further area of study to keep the Galanthophiles out of my hair ummmm, usefully occupied for quite some time.

 

[steve owen]

Alan

Just to keep you going a little longer, here are two snowdrops from the garden this morning.

[Jo]

Thanks Steve, I was just about to do Maggie's bidding and photograph seed pods but somehow I just wasn't inspired , and then we had a hail storm.

[steve owen]

Jo

the Great Snowdrop Split is starting here.

[Jo]

 

[wolfgang vorig]

Hallo,
some pictures from today.
all G. nivalis "Trym"??

regards, wolfgang

[Anthony Darby]

That's very interesting Wolfgang. 

[Alan_b]

Hallo,
some pictures from today.
all G. nivalis "Trym"??

regards, wolfgang

"Trym" is a plicatus.  Did you mean that this is a nivalis that looks like Trym or is it the real Trym?

[wolfgang vorig]

Hallo Alan,
Galanthus nivalis "Trym??" is a nivalis, but is similar to the Plicatus Trym.

Wolfgang