Galanthus February 2010

[Paddy Tobin]

Paddy you will soon be doing a sales list or selling on Ebay.

Ah, no, Mark, not my scene at all. I'm sure that if I feel the numbers are getting out of bounds I will be able to find welcoming gardens and gardeners where the snowdrops would be welcomed without any price tag.

Paddy

[art600]

Good on you Paddy 

[johnw]

From SRGC seed just regular old Galanthus plicatus, all the seedlings are remarkably or unremarkable uniform except a few with a bit more green on the inner.  Nothing at all special except they're a tad later than the others.

johnw - +5c and overcast.

[Anthony Darby]

I like that one John.

[Paddy Tobin]

A fine plant, John.

Paddy

[Paddy Tobin]

A few taken yesterday. Paddy

Fishing Rod - a nice pendulous habit.
Little Ben - low growing with big heavy flowers
Yvonne - following up on Ian McE's posting the other evening, a lovely snowdrop

[mark smyth]

Fishing Rod looks very different. I havent heard of it.

[Paddy Tobin]

Good on you Paddy 

Arthur,

The vast majority of my snowdrops came as gifts from kind gardening friends and this connection with other gardeners that the gifting/swapping/trading of plants gives is the most enjoyable aspect of gardening there is. To go and sell their gifts would be something I could not bring myself to do. They are mine to pass on to others who will also enjoy them.

Paddy

[Paddy Tobin]

Fishing Rod looks very different. I havent heard of it.

Mark,

It was one of those kind gifts I mentioned above and it is a lovely little thing.  I must get some background on it.

Paddy

[Tony Willis]

Good on you Paddy  

Arthur,

The vast majority of my snowdrops came as gifts from kind gardening friends and this connection with other gardeners that the gifting/swapping/trading of plants gives is the most enjoyable aspect of gardening there is. To go and sell their gifts would be something I could not bring myself to do. They are mine to pass on to others who will also enjoy them.

Paddy

Paddy all mine have come as gifts apart from a few species where I have collected the seed myself.

Some in flower today

Galanthus rizehensis  my own
Galanthus plicatus ssp plicatus two pots of my own
Galanthus Ray Cobb (Ray is my oldest friend in the true sense of the word as well as the number of years I have known him)
Galanthus Wendys Gold
Galanthus Helen Tomlinson a friend for many years
Galanthus Yvonne Hay this pot was a gift last autumn

[David Quinton]

Not sure if any of you managed to listen to Gardeners' Question Time today but there was an article on snowdrops and in particular a gathering at Colesbourne. It is available on the BBC iPlayer http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00qldxq/Gardeners_Question_Time_12_02_2010/ and is repeated on Sunday afternoon at 2pm.

[Alan_b]

I heard that piece and was very upset that I had not been invited!!!

[Paddy Tobin]

Tony,

Nice selection and very nice connections which makes them all the more appreciated and enjoyable.

Paddy

[Anthony Darby]

So that's what 'Yvonne Hay' looks like. Mine is a week or two off flowering. I have rizehensis about to flower from seed, so that pleases me, especially as the original stock, collected some time after 1853 , came from Mount Rize.

[Tony Willis]

Anthony clearly I never learn because I see I also spelt it wrong in April 2008. C'est la vie!

Mine came from near Ordu quite a bit west of Rize and is a slightly more recent collection