Galanthus February 2010

[RichardW]

Mark, hadn't noticed, it does look very similar  

one more, planted S Arnott through Ajuga years ago and it has just started to look nice.

[mark smyth]

How tall is your x val? Mine once settled can be over 12 inches 30cm tall

[RichardW]

nothing like that, 6 - 7" at most but not been in the ground long.

[mark smyth]

The light was too poor to get good photos. These are some of the snowdrops sold from Bowles garden during last year's Gala

[Eric Locke]

Wonder if anyone got chance to look at my Greatorex double query posted earlier. ?

Eric

[zwerggarten]

Wonder if anyone got chance to look at my Greatorex double query posted earlier. ?

Eric

hello eric

as a continental galanthophile (-maniac? ) i am not very experienced in greatorex doubles - but it seems quite ambitious to me to name your snowdrops just on the basis of some zoomed flower-pics.

[mark smyth]

Eric most people will tell you most of the Greatorex doubles are mixed up

[art600]

The light was too poor to get good photos. These are some of the snowdrops sold from Bowles garden during last year's Gala

What elegant drops - were they expensive?

[mark smyth]

It's sunny today - so far - so I'll be able to get better photos. I bought 4 bunches for £10!

[Thomas Seiler]

I bought 4 bunches for £10!

Goodness ... I did not realize and missed the opportunity ...   The plants you got are charming 

[art600]

I bought 4 bunches for £10!

A bargain in anyone's money 

[ian mcenery]

A few pictures from a friends garden at the weekend.

This first one unfortunately doesn't come for 4 bunches for £10

Godfrey Owen

Daglingworth
Elmley Lovett a selection from here
Garden View - normally this would be more advanced at this time

[Martin Baxendale]

Smashing clump of Daglingworth, probably the best I've ever seen. I've used it in the past for breeding, with excellent results, but lost my only two bulbs to narcissus fly a long time ago - never got around to chipping them as I needed the flowers for pollen. Anyone know where you can buy it these days? Ron Mackenzie hasn't offered it for a while. Would probably have found a bulb at the gala but I was stuck signing books and didn't get a good look around.   

[KentGardener]

Ian, thanks for the pictures.  Personally I think 'Godfrey Owen' is such a good do'er - I really can't understand the price it is still asking.    I have a nice clump in a few short years and have still managed to give 3 away this year.  

I wasn't going to post these pictures as they are not great - but I am just home from work and it is miserable and wet with some hail and sleet thrown in for good measure.    So here are a few snaps from the wonderfully sunny day in the garden yesterday.

1 - 'Finchale Abbey' (again) - really opened up in the sun.  And if you can see it... the second from the right has 4 outer petals as an added interest.  I hope it doesn't do it again as the 3 petal version is just about perfection in my mind.  

2 - 'Angelique' - not really looking right - but increasing well.

3 - 'Nothing Special' - a lovely looking snowdrop.

[snowdropman]

Smashing clump of Daglingworth, probably the best I've ever seen. I've used it in the past for breeding, with excellent results, but lost my only two bulbs to narcissus fly a long time ago - never got around to chipping them as I needed the flowers for pollen. Anyone know where you can buy it these days? Ron Mackenzie hasn't offered it for a while. Would probably have found a bulb at the gala but I was stuck signing books and didn't get a good look around.   

Martin - I have to agree with you that this is a really smashing clump of 'Daglingworth', not something I have ever seen before. I owe you for the 'Tuesday's Child' that you sent me last September - if you send me a pm with your address, I will send you a bulb of 'Daglingworth' when dormant.