Galanthus February 2010

[KentGardener]

Hi All

Yesterday I was very lucky to be invited to visit two gardens with lots of snowdrops in them - many of the flowers were not out yet because of the cold weather we have had in recent weeks - but here are some pictures of a few things that caught my eye (sorry some of the photos are not up to my usual standard but I spent most of the time talking and eating  )

Trymmer


Aladdin


Godfrey Owen


Lulu


Beanie


Lynch Green


Moyas Green


Franz Josef


Corkscrew looking great in the frost


And a picture that you will wonder why I have posted it - but I found it enchanting that this is the unassuming spot that the wonderful Galanthus 'David Baker' appeared as a chance seedling.

[Brian Ellis]

Thanks John, I like the Corkscrew with frost.  The Frans Joseph looks quite different to the one that was being advertised on ebay - amazing how flowers change from bud to full bloom.  Aladdin looks very smart, and then, of course, there is Moyas Green which is even better

[Ragged Robin]

And a picture that you will wonder why I have posted it - but I found it enchanting that this is the unassuming spot that the wonderful Galanthus 'David Baker' appeared as a chance seedling.

A happy landing place amongst the cyclamen with their leaves making a great canvas for your chance seedling, John....I love these unexpected surprises where plants feel totally at home 

[Paddy Tobin]

John,

A nice selection there. Some nicely marked green-tipped flowers.

Paddy

[Paddy Tobin]

A few from the garden here, taken on Saturday but only sorted now. Paddy

Anglesey Abbey
Blewberry Tart - this group has clumped up nicely
Colossus
Compton Court
Diggory - a small flower as this is its first time flowering.

[Paddy Tobin]

Dionysus - still showing those little green tips which were present last year.
Fred's Giant - the correct one this year, I hope. I had posted a "Fred's Giant" which was not, in the opinion of some forum members, as it should be.
G71 - this is bulking up quite quickly.
Gerard Parker
Hughes' Emerald

[Paddy Tobin]

Magnet - I spread this out a few years ago and it is making an impression now
Mrs. McNamara
Ophelia - a great snowdrop to bulk up.
Peter Gatehouse
Rizehensis
Rizehensis

[Paddy Tobin]

Sally Pasmore - Mary wanted this for several years and we got it eventually last year. It has lived up to expectations, a lovely snowdrop.
Trymlet - not open yet but looking well.
Woodtown - rescued from a Dublin garden which was going to be built upon. This has all the appearances of being an excellent snowdrop, healthy, vigorous, big-flowered and attractive in a group.
Yvonne group - named as I received it.

[Brian Ellis]

Great to see your snowdrops Paddy.  Looking forward to seeing more from everyone before too long!

[johnw]

John & Paddy - I am thoroughly enjoying your great photos here in what seems to be the Arctic.  It crawled up to -4c today but I'm dreading the rest of the week.

A cold night here and I was in the greenhouse - looking quite like the Michelin Man - the following were wide open at 9 pm in the cold:

Byfield Special
nivalis elwesii (ex Clive Boyce) [corrected as also not a named cultivar]
Allison Hillary
Benton Magnet
Bess

Surprised at the huge closed flowers of George Elwes, they really stand out.  I wonder, how do they compare with Colossus?

It seems the foliage on all have grown more today than in the past two weeks.

johnw  

[KentGardener]

All looking good Paddy - you are definitely ahead of me by a week or two.

I wasn't convinced by that 'Hughes Emerald' when I first saw a picture - but with each successive picture you show, with it's petals filling out, it is appealing to me more and more.

John - I am surprised you could fit into the greenhouse wearing that many layers....   

[Alan_b]

All looking good Paddy - you are definitely ahead of me by a week or two.

And ahead of me by three weeks or four! 

[Brian Ellis]

Surprised at the huge closed flowers of George Elwes, they really stand out.

Just wait until it opens John, it's a beauty

[ian mcenery]

Nice plants everyone here are a couple of mine getting into their stride

G Mrs Macnammara
G Colesbourne Colossus

[Paddy Tobin]

I wasn't convinced by that 'Hughes Emerald' when I first saw a picture - but with each successive picture you show, with it's petals filling out, it is appealing to me more and more.

John, I was given a bulb of 'Hughes Emerald' in 2007 and was not overly impressed with it in '08 or '09 but this year I think it is a little cracker. It is low-growing and is less than three inches to the top of the flower. It is really very pretty.

It seems that our warmer weather has brought the snowdrops on quicker than you in the U.K. and every warm sunny day brings them on in leaps and bounds.

Ian, two lovely clumps but the 'Colesbourne Colossus' is particularly good - and you have nice soft weather it would also seem as I see the water dripping off your snowdrops.

Paddy