Galanthus winter 2009/2010

[KentGardener]

Wishbone v Galadriel - panic over. Galadriel is elwesii monostictus. Wishbone is a hybrid possibly with reginae-olgae vernalis

I don't think I can spare the energy to panic Mark.

For some reason this reminds me of a conversation I overhead at work once.  

A manager said to a rather inadequate, essex accented, temp we had working with us

"fret not, I shall sort out your mistake"

to which the temp replied

"I ain't threatening"  

[mark smyth]

well it is good to know they are different enough for a grower of both to see one is elwesii

[Martin Baxendale]

And what about the Galanthophile breeding snowdrops so he can retire on their sales. Martin it's time to own up and show us what you have.

Not sure what you mean, Mark.

[Maggi Young]

Martin, in the BBC clip which is  mentioned above, the reporter says (paraphrasing) "there are rumours of someone who is developing a new variety which will be his retirement fund" ..... Mark is kidding you  

[Martin Baxendale]

Martin, in the BBC clip which is  mentioned above, the reporter says (paraphrasing) "there are rumours of someone who is developing a new variety which will be his retirement fund" ..... Mark is kidding you  

Ah, I see. I haven't viewed the clip. Sorry, Mark, that explains it then. Wondered what you were on about.

[Paddy Tobin]

Maggi,

Many thanks for the pictures. The second one shows an impressive spread of snowdrops, wonderful under the trees. Obviously, they have have been there for years and years. A lovely place to visit, I imagine.

The snowdrop with the four petals is attractive and would be interesting in the garden. However, I don't think it would provide retirement funds for anyone.

Paddy

[ichristie]

We all live in hope so here is my G. nivalis find with 5 petals,  cheers Ian the Christie kind.

[mark smyth]

Is it stable, Ian?

Maggi how did you get the photos?

[loes]

those photos are stunning and that amount of snowdrops clearly show they have the only proper name

[Maggi Young]

Maggi how did you get the photos?

When viewing the clip, I hit the pause button when the pic was good and then took a screengrab by hitting the "PrintScreen/SysRq button.... on my keyboard it is on the top row of keys, third from the right (of the three keys to the right of the Num Lock; Caps Lock and Scroll Lock lights) .... then, with ACDSee open, and a blank new page in editor, I paste the image from the clip board,  which shows the whole of my pc screen at the time of the grab... then I crop the pic as required.

[KentGardener]

Just how I would have done it 

[Anthony Darby]

Me too, .........now.....thanks Maggi.

[KentGardener]

I had never realised that snowdrops continue to grow while under a load of freezing cold snow.  Today has really warmed up here and most of the snow has melted this morning - I can see a lot more inches of snowdrop above ground than 2 weeks ago - so they must have been growing while hidden from view.   

[David Quinton]

John,

Keep an eye out for Botrytis. Last year I experienced the same snowdrop growth under the snow but shortly after the snow melt I found a number displayed the telltale signs of Botrytis. Grey mould could be seen around the leaves and scape at soil level. I did manage to rescue the infected bulbs and after a fungicide treatment. A year on the plants look good but I removed the soil and replaced it with new stuff and the bulbs will be grown on in pots this year until I am happy that all's well.

Hopefully this will be redundant information for you but just be aware.

David

[Sinchets]

Mark, these are  pics of the Galanthus with the yellowish flush on the inner petals. The yellow has faded to the point where it is not being picked up by the camera anymore. It is also clearly 'abnormal' the other flowers in this clump, which have yet to open properly have 'normal' petals. For those who enlarged to check out the nail varnish- sorry to disappoint- it is black spray paint!