Galanthus March 2010

[Brian Ellis]

Anthony mine was quite different too, hardly any green on the tips which I hope can be put down to immaturity?

[Hagen Engelmann]

Antony, Brian - G. elwesii are not constant to show green tips of equal quality all years. So Your plants will be better and better, I`m sure!

[mark smyth]

My Green Brush came to nothing. Both flowers aborted but I could see they only had small green tips like Anthony's

[Maggi Young]

My G. 'Green Brush' has gone over... the leaves are huge... tall and broad, a dull grey green and the green tips were small and much lighter in shade than the heavy dark green inner mark.
I put that down to the bulb being immature, though growing well .....

[annew]

Can anyone point me to a posting from one or two years back which pointed out the presence of small air-filled pockets on the surface of some G ikariae/woronowii leaves? I'm trying to identify mine which do have these, but can't find the article. Thanks.

[Hagen Engelmann]

GREEN BRUSH

Now I know it much better. Little tips come in insular climate, fine deep green tips only grow in continental climate, isn`t it?

But the plant of Günter Waldorf had also only tiny tips. Oh.  

[Maggi Young]

GREEN BRUSH

Now I know it much better. Little tips come in insular climate, fine deep green tips only grow in continental climate, isn`t it?

But the plant of Günter Waldorf had also only tiny tips. Oh.  

[KentGardener]

Can anyone point me to a posting from one or two years back which pointed out the presence of small air-filled pockets on the surface of some G ikariae/woronowii leaves? I'm trying to identify mine which do have these, but can't find the article. Thanks.

Not sure Anne, but possibly search for Galanthus 'seersucker'?

[mark smyth]

Anne, generally woronowii has green only at the tip of the inners while ikariae has at least half of the inner green

[Martin Baxendale]

Anne, you have to cut across a leaf, and in ikariae you should see small holes, tubes running the length of the leaf, roughly large enough to insert a pin.

[Maggi Young]

Anne, this was mentioned in various places but this is the main one, I think:
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=280.msg6291#msg6291

[loes]

my Green Brush looks like Hagens 

[Anthony Darby]

Here are some more:
'Hans Guck in die Luft'
'Angelique'
nivalis 'Tippy Green'
'Spindlestone Surprise'
'Bill Clark'
'Little Ben'
'Lapwing' (?)
'Grumpy'
'David Baker'
'Godfrey Owen' showing effect of the snow.

[johnw]

A lovely run of snowdrops Anthony.

A few strange Viridapice this year, quite the mixed bag.  A couple with huge spathes like Warei and one that looks like a w(W)alrus.

 +12c here today, bizarre for mid-March, sunny and we need rain badly.  What happened to Sheila's Brush this year? Usually it strikes Newfoundland on St. Patrick's Day but nothing in sight.

johnw

[Gail]

Sheila's Brush?? Is that a particularly spiky snowdrop?