Galanthus March 2010

[Paddy Tobin]

Tom, Lovely stretches of snowdrops and probably the double nivalis as you expected. Some, in the third photograph, are unusually tidy for G. nivalis flore pleno.

Paddy

[Alan_b]

...Some, in the third photograph, are unusually tidy for G. nivalis flore pleno....

Oh you can find nice tidy ones but not nice tidy ones that come back the same the following year.

Actually, there is a patch growing locally that do seem to be consistently nice and tidy.  The trouble is that they are nice, tidy and small.  The less-than-perfectly-tidy nature of the typical double nivalis gives it a lot of volume.   

[jppreaux]

Some of the galanthus that I have found this year. Perhaps not interesting
The first one called "Fifine" is typic of the norman galanthus with such a spathe. This year, a well known english nurseryman found a yellow at the same place,I haven't seen it...
The second one looks like "Angélique" which was found in a wood close to where I live but with shorter inner tepals.
The fird one is similar to "Pusey" but taller.

[Paddy Tobin]

JP,

Three lovely snowdrops. You are very fortunate to live near a wood which has a good population of snowdrops, especially such special ones.

Paddy

[KentGardener]

I particularly like the first 2 JP - very nice.    Good finds.

[Brian Ellis]

Some of the galanthus that I have found this year. Perhaps not interesting

JP you underestimate them, very nice they are.  Great to find them in the woods.

[Gerard Oud]

Talking about green tips or stripes.
I was this morning checking the snowdrops and selected again from the nivalis Maximus stock quite a lot with green markings.
And the luckiest finding was a 4x4 petal Maximus and a 4x4 patel green tip.

[jppreaux]

With the sun of these last days, flowers of galanthus are  dying...
Mrs Wrightson's double was quite well this morning.

[chasw]

Well I actually managed a whole day out in the garden today,weather not quite as good as yesterday,but I did take a few pictures,and now it has just started raining,we do need it as I have used over 60 gallons out of the water butts already

Mrs Wrightsons Double
Imbolc
Marjorie Brown .........spreading well
Friar Tuck

[steve owen]

Chas

Healthy-looking clumps. Its great to have scarce varieties but even better to grow well the ones you have.

Marjorie Brown seems to be a really good do-er.

[chasw]

Yes Steve,Marjorie Brown is avery good do er,I have another clump elsewhere in the garden which is doing as well as the one pictured

[johnw]

Charles - Your Mrs. Wrightson's Double is splendid.

I noticed a rash of green-tipped nivalis this year. I wonder why?

johnw

[Hagen Engelmann]

Green tipped G. nivalis can be so wonderful, John.
Here is WELLENSPIEL in the beginning of flower.

[Hagen Engelmann]

If you want to see much more green, than GRÜNER ATEMRÄUBER could be the favorite.

[Hagen Engelmann]

How do you think about yellow?