Galanthus February 2010

[KentGardener]

Paddy - I'm loving that 'Green Lantern'  

[mark smyth]

The elwesii you found is excellent. I got another green tipped woronowii this week. Fingers crossed for 2011

[Alan_b]

Can anybody identify this double?...

See my reply here http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=4902.15 .  I cannot tell if the flower is the same but my answer is.

[Ian Y]

Also, Ian, you give yourself away as a beginner - you don't need to photograph ALL the white stuff!

Ahh... now I see I was blinded by the white.

Now I realise that I will show you a few pictures from Brechin Castle.
Unfortunately the freezing conditions meant that all the special forms were lying flat frozen to the ground.

However the sun had reached a few areas where it was mostly Galanthus nivalis clumps which still showed some variation. Lots of doubles from simple mutations to complete tidy doubles.
I liked the ones with the longer petals.

[art600]

John
The snowdrops are obviously benefitting from your walled garden  - a lot are ahead of mine.  Looking good

[Mavers]

Green Lantern is beautiful Paddy!

And I like your 'Foundling' very much John.

Thanks for posting so many hi quality photos.

Mike

[WimB]

Some that are flowering here now:

Galanthus 'Brenda Troyle'
Galanthus 'Lavinia'
Galanthus nivalis 'Flore Pleno'
Galanthus 'Dionysus'

[Melvyn Jope]

I think having a yellow ovary turns this potfull of Galanthus elwesii into something quite striking. The original plant was from the garden of a large house that was connected with Kelways in Somerset.

[Martin Baxendale]

I think having a yellow ovary turns this potfull of Galanthus elwesii into something quite striking. The original plant was from the garden of a large house that was connected with Kelways in Somerset.

Very nice, Melvyn. And a shapely flower too.

[KentGardener]

Very nice, Melvyn. And a shapely flower too.

  I agree word for word.   

[Brian Ellis]

It's good to see one with a lighter yellow colouring too.  Very nice Melvyn, thanks for showing us.

[Paddy Tobin]

There has been a wealth of excellent snowdrops shown in the last 24 hours. John's 'Mark Solomon' and his foundling are both beautiful. Melvyn's yellow ovaried elwesiis are very interesting. Brechin Castle seems to be home to a great selection of variations. Brian has his 'Ecusson d'Or'. All in all a very interesting set of posting.

Brian, John and Mike - your comments of 'Green Lantern' are noted. It has proved, most importantly, a very good grower in the garden of its origin and also for anyone who has been given a bulb, so there is great hope that it will multiply and I can pass it around within a very short few years.

Paddy

[Brian Ellis]

There has been a wealth of excellent snowdrops shown in the last 24 hours

It may be that, at long last, the galanthus season is beginning for us Paddy.  I was speaking to a friend yesterday and she said she looked out of the window and it was a sea of white.  Last time I went to see her there were only a few snowdrops dotted about.  Hopefully the season won't be cut off too short

[RichardW]

a few more from the mud bath  

garden find, nothing special but looks very nice as a clump.
Bill Bishop, hadn't noticed they were so neatly lined up until i took the photo
Wasp, very kind gift from a group last year, one last year so pleased it is increasing.
Flore Pleno, sums up our season this year, soggy.

[mark smyth]

an excellent double seedling
elwesii Mary O'Brien - I've had a wait a few days to get the time to force the flower open
elwesii Ruby Baker - I've had a wait a few days to get the time to force the flower open
plicatus with pale ovary
plicatus - excellent leaves