Galanthus Autumn 2009

[Eric Locke]

Photos of Autumn Beauty leaves. Front and Back

All my three plants seem to have identical leaves but vary in the amount of green on the inners.


Eric

[mark smyth]

Eric thanks for the photo. At the base does one leaf clasp the other?

[Eric Locke]

Eric thanks for the photo. At the base does one leaf clasp the other?

Yes Mark it does.

Eric

[mark smyth]

Today I saw one of my Castlegar is above ground and Colossus.

[Martin Baxendale]

Photos of Autumn Beauty leaves. Front and Back

All my three plants seem to have identical leaves but vary in the amount of green on the inners.


Eric

'Autumn Beauty' looks and sounds like early-flowering pure elwesii monostictus. No sign of any reginae-olgae in the leaves at all. Someone probably raised these variable 'drops from open pollinated elwesii seed, found they flowered in autumn, has some reginae-olgae growing within a 100 ft radius in the garden and decided they must have crossed! 

[mark smyth]

I thought the same but didnt want to be shot down.

[Martin Baxendale]

I thought the same but didnt want to be shot down.

Anyone who disagrees will now have to shoot us both down.    Thanks for putting my book on your website, by the way. Brill! Should help generate a few sales.

[Tony Willis]

I have 'Barnes' in flower now which is the same week as last year.

[Paddy Tobin]

Tony & Mark,

Whatever its breeding, it is unacceptable that a cultivar name was applied.

Paddy

[Eric Locke]

Tony & Mark,

Whatever its breeding, it is unacceptable that a cultivar name was applied.

Paddy

I wonder who fancies taking on Wisley.

[Paddy Tobin]

Eric,

There was a suggestion made earlier in the week that, perhaps, the retail outlet at Wisley might be an independent or, perhaps, a semi-independent business and that the authorities at Wisley may not have authority and therefore no responsibility for what is sold in the garden centre area. However, I find this hard to believe myself and feel that it is simply poor judgement on the part of someone there.

Who can take them on? I really don't know. I am not in a position to purchase from them but, if I were located where I could visit and purchase, I would not.

Paddy

[Maggi Young]

Tony & Mark,

Whatever its breeding, it is unacceptable that a cultivar name was applied.

Paddy

I wonder who fancies taking on Wisley.

[Eric Locke]

Tony & Mark,

Whatever its breeding, it is unacceptable that a cultivar name was applied.

Paddy

I wonder who fancies taking on Wisley.

This is NOT an isolated case I"m afraid to say.

[Paddy Tobin]

I have had a look at the Wisley website and have written to them but only to an address which receives general queries as no address more specific appeared for me to use. My e-mail might get passed to the appropriate person and a response may come. I will post any response to the forum.

Paddy

[Eric Locke]

I have had a look at the Wisley website and have written to them but only to an address which receives general queries as no address more specific appeared for me to use. My e-mail might get passed to the appropriate person and a response may come. I will post any response to the forum.

Paddy

Paddy, you will get a reply, but it might take a few days.

We will all wait with interest.

Eric