Galanthus winter 2009/2010

[arilnut]

Hello. I have run across mention of this a few times here.  There is "yellow" snowdrops??  Are any pics
around?   Verrrry interesting!

John B


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Chris - It didn't mention the author.  My renewal notice letter that came today had a list of about 4 future articles for 2010 and it listed amongst others: the origins of the yellow snowdrops.  No authors were given for any of the articles and the notice was on the reverse of the returnable portion which, rats, I just posted.  Maybe someone else could double-check.

johnw
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[Maggi Young]

John B.... don't get over-excited... the yellow snowdrops are just snowdrops which have yellow ovaries  and/or a little yellow in the markings...... nine times out of ten the things are not stable, and those that are are far from robust! Not worth raising your blood pressure over! 


 ( Now to sit back and see how long it taks a Galanthophile to rush out of his potting shed to beat me over the head and tell me I am a misguided and jaundiced old bag.........set clock............    )

[Armin]

Maggi, you know I'm not a Galanthophile...

But just to satisfy John B...

[Maggi Young]

Armin, I'll accept that this was just an act of kindness on your part to spread information!! 

[Armin]

In the same manner, Maggi

[Tony Willis]

John B.... don't get over-excited... the yellow snowdrops are just snowdrops which have yellow ovaries  and/or a little yellow in the markings...... nine times out of ten the things are not stable, and those that are are far from robust! Not worth raising your blood pressure over! 


 ( Now to sit back and see how long it taks a Galanthophile to rush out of his potting shed to beat me over the head and tell me I am a misguided and jaundiced old bag.........set clock............    )

Maggi  you have surely missed the point-if you have a few of these and multiply them up you can swap them for really interesting things.

[Alan_b]

John B.... don't get over-excited... the yellow snowdrops are just snowdrops which have yellow ovaries  and/or a little yellow in the markings...... nine times out of ten the things are not stable, and those that are are far from robust! Not worth raising your blood pressure over! 

There are some highly virescent snowdrops where the green markings cover most of both the inner and the outer petals.  And, as Maggi pointed out, there are snowdrops where those markings that are normally green are yellow (some of which are stable and robust).  So surely it is only a matter of time before somebody breeds or discovers a lutescent snowdrop, being a yellow analogue of a virescent snowdrop?     

[Maggi Young]

John B.... don't get over-excited... the yellow snowdrops are just snowdrops which have yellow ovaries  and/or a little yellow in the markings...... nine times out of ten the things are not stable, and those that are are far from robust! Not worth raising your blood pressure over! 


 ( Now to sit back and see how long it taks a Galanthophile to rush out of his potting shed to beat me over the head and tell me I am a misguided and jaundiced old bag.........set clock............    )

Maggi  you have surely missed the point-if you have a few of these and multiply them up you can swap them for really interesting things.

Tony, most are not happy enough up here to thrive  well enough to be swappable..... that is why the Castle Drops that are being selected by Ian the Christie Kind are so wonderful... they are robust growers, already predisposed to life in Scotland.... worth their little white weights in erythroniums (well, nearly!)

Besides, the BD is the most interesting thing I know, why on earth would I want to swap him?

[mark smyth]

Maggi I'll have to send you a Wendy's Gold next year

[Michael J Campbell]

Mark,do you have Sophie North?

[mark smyth]

Only a couple. I can ask others up here

[ichristie]

 Hi all, the article about Yellow snowdrops is written by John Richards, yes the primula man, he gave a superb lecture on the Northumberland yellows in Edinburgh at the Snowdrop day. I look forward with interest to see if they have printed all Johns information??.  cheers Ian the Christie kind.

[ichristie]

 Hi again, firstly thanks Maggie for the mention about the Castle snowdrops, I have some good chips almost ready so perhaps next year, sounds a long way away but this is the last day of 2009 and it is time to post this picture of Galanthus woronowii Elizabeth Harrison, this snowdrop is fantastic is hardy bulks up slowly and is named afte a wonderful friend who found the bulbs in her garden Elizabeth Harrison. I am writing this up for the SRGC journal,   cheers Ian the Christie kind.

[snowdropman]

Ian - many thanks for posting the name of the author of the article on yellow snowdrops - much appreciated.

Thanks also for posting this photo of your 'Elizabeth Harrison' - every time I see it it looks better & better, especially in a clump like this!

[steve owen]

Ian

Super snowdrop.

Steve