Galanthus March 2010

[mark smyth]

Warren I dont know what causes variegation. I have a Dactylorhiza that I hope comes back this year with variegated leaves.

[mark smyth]

All my elwesii Green Tip have gone wrong this year
Heffalump x2
Little John - possible my top snowdrop
Mandarin - hasnt multiplied since I got it. Still only 2 bulbs

[Gail]

You'll have everyone lining up for that last one Warren if its stable!

Hi Gail

I take it stable means...shows the same signs the following year...

That's right, I wasn't thinking horses.  Variegated leaves can be a sign of virus but then you usually get irregular blotches/streaks, sometimes accompanied by distortions etc.  The leaves in your picture looked as though it was a more regular variegation like you see in hostas etc.  These are termed chimeras and usually arise as spontaneous mutations.  There are various different types with periclinal chimeras being the most stable.  (I need to look out my college notes!)  I think there was another example on the forum recently but I must be searching with the wrong word.

[Maggi Young]

Were you thinking about this one, Gail?
... http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=4921.msg137838#msg137838

[Gail]

Were you thinking about this one, Gail?
... http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=4921.msg137838#msg137838

You're a genius Maggi! 

[chasw]

Mark,my Mandarin is exactly the same ,still only the one,bought in 2005

[KentGardener]

Mark,my Mandarin is exactly the same ,still only the one,bought in 2005

Similar story here.  Slowly increased to three bulbs - gave one away - and the two remaining are just sitting there as two and not really doing much at all.   

[mark smyth]

Very similar to mine

[Anthony Darby]

There seem to be these variegated elwesii in most garden centres. I suspect it is caused by some fiendish treatment and not its genes.

[daveyp1970]

This little tiny double was given to me by my Aunt in Newcastle upon Tyne,it hasn't a name that i know off,the flower never bows its head it all ways stays facing sideways.

[Regelian]

My first yellow, Wendy's Gold.  Interestingly, the blossoms are always wide open.  Is this typical for the cultivar?

[KentGardener]

Hi James

My Wendys Gold does not open as much as your one - but then I do not get direct sun in my garden during the winter.  Here is a picture I took of one of my Wendy's Gold yesterday afternoon.

[mark smyth]

Davey your snowdrops look very like nivalis Blewbury Tart

[KentGardener]

Another couple in the garden yesterday.

reginae-olgae ssp vernalis

'Curly'

[Paddy Tobin]

Jamie,

I thought your 'Wendy's Gold' looked a little green rather than yellow. I am  posting a photograph from earlier in the week for comparison. Perhaps one photograph was taken in full sun and another in shade of the plants were grown in different conditions.


Davey, your snowdrop certainly looks very like 'Blewberry Tart' as Mark has just suggested. A nice interesting snowdrop.

Paddy