Galanthus Autumn 2009

[mark smyth]

Hi Jo, welcome back.

[Jo]

Hi Mark,  how are the plans going for the N. Ireland snowdrop gala ?  Do we need to start looking at the cheap flight websites yet ?

[Hagen Engelmann]

Paul, I mean this Gp cultivar is one of the finest. In the moment he is standing in 5 gardens for trial (German but also GB). Hope he will confirm his qualities.

[mark smyth]

Jo yes you should be looking for flights now Exeter and Southampton to Belfast is usually expensive but Bristol to Belfast can be very cheap

[mark smyth]

Looking at EasyJet I see they have cut down on flights out of Bristol. Only one flight a day. Can you stay Friday to Sunday?

[mark smyth]

Jo, Southampton to Belfast is only £3.24 return 

[mark smyth]

but taxes brings it up to £73 

[Paul T]

Congratulations, Jo.  Nice to beat the snails and slugs this year. 

Hagan,

Good luck with confirming the qualities in the trials.  It is always interesting to see how differently something performs elsewhere.

[Paddy Tobin]

Welcome back, Jo. Good Gal. reg. olg.

Mark, are there dates for a snowdrop gala in the north?

Paddy

[Tony Willis]

The first of my Galanthus peashmenii in flower

[Hagen Engelmann]

Tony, I can see two kinds of G.p in one pot. Nice. Could you help us with only a little distinction between the plants of your pics? How is the development of the leaves?

[mark smyth]

Paddy it's the Ulster Group snowdrop day Jo is asking about on Feb 20th

[Tony Willis]

Tony, I can see two kinds of G.p in one pot. Nice. Could you help us with only a little distinction between the plants of your pics? How is the development of the leaves?

Hagen

they are all the same,each has two leaves developing and they are both 2cms long.

I have another pot with three in flower of which two have no leaf development and one again has two leaves each 2cms long.

[Hagen Engelmann]

Tony, I observe the same. Not only different plants (from seed) have different long or no leaves. Also daughterbulbs of the same cultivar show a different development of leaves.

[steve owen]

A pot of about 15 r/o "Cambridge" in full bloom at last Saturday's Loughborough AGS show. They looked terrific and along with two other pots won a First.

G. Howard Wheeler through, but no sign of Barnes yet.