Galanthus March 2010

[steve owen]

Mosquito I missed it at the Gala. Anyone have contact details for the seller? I have a name and nursery name but nothing on Google

Mark

It wasn't on sale at the GTala, just a display plant. I believe only a handful exist, so keep your fingers crossed that the owner manages to prevent it being another Galanthus shooting star that vanishes back into the darkness.

[mark smyth]

fingers and toes crossed

[Alan_b]

Galanthus Cressida, one that you won't have in your collection   .  This is the original clump.

[loes]

a few of my galanthus,flowering at last
Wasp
Wendy`s Gold
Green Brush
Trym
Hans guck in die Luft
Walrus

[loes]

that didn`t go as I planned,just one photo
how do I get more than one?

[KentGardener]

that didn`t go as I planned,just one photo
how do I get more than one?

Hi Loes

Click on  "(more attachments)" to get extra 'browse' lines - and then put a separate picture on each line (do not re-use the first browse button - which is I think what you have done).

Looking forward to seeing you pictures. 

[loes]

I see,I`ll try again

hopefully now visible

Wasp
Wendy`s Gold
Green Brush
Trym
Hans guck in die Luft
Walrus

[mark smyth]

Galanthus Cressida, one that you won't have in your collection   .  This is the original clump.

Is it your find, Alan?

[Anthony Darby]

Classical name would indicate Greatorex?

[steve owen]

Galanthus Cressida, one that you won't have in your collection   .  This is the original clump.

Thus saith Wikipaedia: "a paragon of female inconstancy. As soon as she has betrayed Troilus, she has fulfilled her purpose and the men who have written about her do not mention her again."
Is your clump a paragon of female inconsistency?

[mark smyth]

Loes, will you bury the lattice pots? I used to have a good number of Wasp until a Narcisus fly discovered how good they were. I'm now back up to two.

[mark smyth]

Yesterday I was looking at my snowdrops when I noticed something different. This is the small un-named, 10cm 4 inch, elwesii. It has a very elegant pedicel and ovary. I have never seen the flowers any wider than this

[Mavers]

I just had to post these pictures of Mrs Thompson at her best yesterday afternoon in my garden.

[Alan_b]

Galanthus Cressida, one that you won't have in your collection   .  This is the original clump.

Thus saith Wikipaedia: "a paragon of female inconstancy. As soon as she has betrayed Troilus, she has fulfilled her purpose and the men who have written about her do not mention her again."
Is your clump a paragon of female inconsistency?

To my eyes she is an attractive flower, easily recognised from the double marks on the clearly-visible inners.  The inners are double (flore pleno) and usually very neat.  But she is easily put out and generally sulks for a year if moved.  She is also a bit shy about flowering unless conditions are right.  Does that make her 'a paragon of female inconsistency'?  She is indeed my find, Mark, and the clump I photographed is not mine, I don't yet have nearly so many.  I believe she must be a natural hybrid between plicatus and nivalis flore pleno so the name (a Shakespearean anti-heroine) is my little joke.  

[Mavers]

My pictures are too big aren't they?

How do I reduced their size for the forum?

edit by maggi: I've edited your pix for you Mike and sent you an email about picture editing.