Galanthus Autumn 2009

[michael broadhurst]

Steve, does this look anything like your 'Barnes', it was taken in our garden on Monday. We have several other flowers of this clone open around the garden but our so-called pot of 'Barnes' isn't doing anything yet and 'Barnes' it's not showing at Anglesey Abbey either.
Below that is a picture of one of our r.o. taken yesterday.
Michael

[steve owen]

Hi Michael

Well, my Barnes is snug under the soil at the moment, but my Barnes pic from last year shows a dark green ovary with an emerald inner marking, whereas your PA040049 has an elongated ovary and the limey-yellow of the inner mark reminds one of Warley Longbow or similar, but clearly it isn't. Anyway its very pretty and if you have sufficient you can sell me one any time you like.

Kastellorhizo is up here in open ground but not yet in flower. Thank heavens for some of the wet stuff at last.

[mark smyth]

I was shocked to hear that a local snowdrop enthusiast was digging and dividing his collection. This week! 

[Hagen Engelmann]

If you can`t wait until spring to see what narcissusflys have done................

[steve owen]

Steve, does this look anything like your 'Barnes', it was taken in our garden on Monday. We have several other flowers of this clone open around the garden but our so-called pot of 'Barnes' isn't doing anything yet and 'Barnes' it's not showing at Anglesey Abbey either.

Michael
Here's G.Barnes in my garden today.
Steve

[Martin Baxendale]

I was shocked to hear that a local snowdrop enthusiast was digging and dividing his collection. This week! 

I'm still repotting snowdrops.    So many time pressures! Most were meant to go out into the garden this year, but no time to prepare the neccessary beds (again!) so back into (bigger) pots. Mostly bulbs from chips and seed. Only a few hundred more to go, I reckon. The bags of this years chips in the cupboard also crying out for attention - some starting to root.   

[mark smyth]

Good to hve you back. How did you sort the computer problem?

Repotting isnt the same as digging a clump in the garden breaking all the roots. I'l repotting also or replanting in troughs. I take the pot contents to a bucket of water and gently move in the water

[michael broadhurst]

Steve
Re: Barnes
Nice to see your photo.
My picture may be a bit misleading as it had just come out and this year they look a bit yellowish for a while but get greener over time. There are some additional photos of the same clone shown in the 'reginae-olgae' section that were taken last year.
The main difference between our plant and Barnes appears to be the longer ovary in our plant.
Michael

[Martin Baxendale]

Good to hve you back. How did you sort the computer problem?

Repotting isnt the same as digging a clump in the garden breaking all the roots. I'l repotting also or replanting in troughs. I take the pot contents to a bucket of water and gently move in the water

The problem turned out to be with the wireless router. I realised that the two computers on which I couldn't get onto the SRGC website were both using the wireless router, while the old computer on which I could get onto the website was working through a separate non-wireless router. Simply switched the wireless router off and back on and everything was fine.

It was wierd that the problem with the router only stopped me accessing this website and no others were affected! That's why I didn't think of the router as the problem initially. Normally I turn off the wireless router at night, but I was very busy and distracted, and forgot two or three nights in a row - otherwise the problem would have sorted itself.

 

[Gerard Oud]

I had not been looking for a while in the "greenhouse" and noticed that the r-o Hyde Lodge was already flowering for a while! This must be one of my first flowering  r-o's the others are only showing their sprouts.

[mark smyth]

They are looking good with good stems to hold the flowers.

The first trans. December/November Snow is now up and open. Maybe it should be autumn snow

[mark smyth]

Galanthus transcaucasicus 'October/November/December Snow'

[Maggi Young]

trans. = transcaucasicus ?  Remember, there are new readers here all the time who will wonder what on earth you are talking about!! 

[mark smyth]

I was too lazy to look up the correct spelling of transcaucasicus 

[Anthony Darby]

I think my next purchase Mark?