Galanthus 2006

[KentGardener]

me again!

thought I would mention that the Harverys garden plants galanthus list went live today.

not sure I shall be ordering anything though....

John

[Brian Ellis]

John I notice that the NCCPG Plant exchange list is also on the website and some enterprising person has asked for Wasp (wish I'd have thought of that) ... was it you by any chance

[mark smyth]

re Harvey's I wouldnt buy mail order but go and see what you are buying

just edited this as it read wrong

[KentGardener]

Hi Brian

It isn't me, honest guv.  The 2006 NCCPG list had a request for wasp on it too - it was 'not found'.

cheers

John

 

[Brian Ellis]

Hello John

Perhaps we should ask next year?  The Snowdrop book has not arrived yet and, as the lady next door is a bookseller, I would imagine it has not hit the shops.  When it does I'll send you a scan of the list of illustrations, but I would imagine from the blurb that it is probably the same.  As a newbie to white fever I missed out on the book first time round.

Brian

[KentGardener]

Brian

Let us see if the NCCPG request is filled in 2007 - I have a feeling it will not be.  I think we shall have to wait a few years for the price to become more affordable - I remember the same thing happening with Allium Globemaster - it was £35 when I first considered buying it - now it is less than a fiver a bulb (but can I wait 15 years for Galanthus wasp ....)


Mark,

I was laying in bed earlier and you popped into my mind (well one of your snowdrop threads from the old forum did actually!!)

Whatever happened to your contact who was trying to micropropegate G wendy's gold?  Or are we still waiting for any to get to flowering size so that we can see if it was reliable?  If it is anything like when hostas are mass produced we may find that something exciting crops up unexpectedly...

I know that some people frowned upon this subject last time and I hope it is not too taboo - but do please keep us informed about the outcomes.

thanks

John

[Diane Whitehead]

Paul is hoping for seed of Trym. 

It's offered in the Alpine Garden Society list this year.


Diane Whitehead

[mark smyth]

yes but what is the bumble bees got there first? It may look nothing like Trym after a 3 to 5 year wait

John great to read I was in your thoughts today as you were in mine! LOL I need to get back to see the guy again. The micropropped Wendy's have kind of failed. The tiniest bits that clustered around the main bulbils have died off. The largest bulbils have been potted

[Diane Whitehead]

That's OK.  He was wanting something different to add to his mix. 
I've ordered it and hope I may get something Trym-like in the second generation.

I have some funny-looking seedlings that have come up Y-shaped, with the
seed on one of the arms of the Y.  There's one seedling each so far from two
lots of seed I bought from Dr. Pilous in 2005.  One is G. artjushenkiae,
the other lagodechianus.

I have grown snowdrops before, but only the common species, and
have not noticed this before.   

[mark smyth]

oooh artjuschenkoae. A little beaut. I dont quite follow what you mean when you say I have some funny-looking seedlings that have come up Y-shaped, with the seed on one of the arms of the Y. Have you go photos? G. plicatus can have an inverted Y

I hope the 830 viewers are learning about snowdrops as this page develops. If only one or two would pop in and say 'Hi!'

[Diane Whitehead]

No, these are just-germinated seedlings.
I'll try for a picture.

[mark smyth]

ahhh, so the the leaf has a kink in it as if it is trapped inside the seed coat?

Just in from Matt Bishop
The snowdrop book is in the birthing chamber as we speak.  There is a new index by cultivar name which will make it alot more user friendly than the first printing and there is also a completely updated sources/ suppliers and places to see snowdrops chapter.

[Diane Whitehead]

No kink.  Sorry the picture is not well-focussed, and it's too dim to take another. 
I'll post it anyway.

I chose a jpg but it doesn't appear on the preview.

[Diane Whitehead]

The picture did appear after all.

It shows two seedlings:  the one on the left is artjushenkiae,
and it looks like something nipped the top of one leaf.

The one on the right is lagodechianus.

The white bumps are perlite, not bulbs.

[annew]

Hi Mark et al - I'm lurking but too busy to do much else, and HURRAY for the new index in the snowdrop book. What a shame we can't get an addendum (is that the right word?) for the first issue.