What is the chance of snowdrops in May

[bulborum]

Hello Allen

Sorry I forgot a few Galanthus elwesii var. monostictus pictures
but you are right it is not typical those small markings

Roland

[Alan_b]

Well I think you saved the best until last.  I particularly like that almost pure white one.  Does that come true every year?

[bulborum]

I don't know Allen
I bought this last year as a leftover in the wholesale
and saw direct they where wild collected so I potted them all
most where monostictus a few dubbel daffodils and some leucojum aestivum

Roland

[Hagen Engelmann]

Hello Roland,
with a little luck you bought a whole white G.e.m.(pic 015). I wish you, that you never will find green marks on this plant. I never heard about a pure white flower of Galanthus elwesii.

[bulborum]

Sorry Hagen

It is not pure white see 018 its the same
pity no seeds this year although I pollinated it several times

Roland

[fermi de Sousa]

Gary,
to answer the title of this thread: Yes! Here's Galanthus peshmenii flowering in Redesdale in May!


cheers
fermi

[bulborum]

 

Hello Fermi

How comes I am not surprised 
but nice picture and a nice pot

by the way
Do you know a supplier or grower from native Australian bulbs
For example the Crinum flaccidum luteolum ??

Roland

[Alan_b]

Fermi, is that some sort of coiled wire in the stone chips or a large quantity of funny-looking worms?

[Ray]

Hi Alan,look like millepede's to me.they are in plague numbers at my place.bye Ray

[bulborum]

Some people like them deep fried 
or even raw 

Roland

[fermi de Sousa]

Fermi, is that some sort of coiled wire in the stone chips or a large quantity of funny-looking worms?

Yes, Alan, as Ray says they're millepedes which are atracted to and killed by the blue pellets you see at the back of that bed.
Roland,
I'll send you a PM (no, Ray, not Kevin!..or Gordon!)
cheers
fermi

[Anthony Darby]

I take it the blue pellets are for slugs and the millipedes are just collateral damage? There seem to be dozens of small millipedes around wandering across the pavements on my doggy walk tonight. They are detritivores and don't affect healthy plants in my garden. BTW, very clear night and Venus is very bright in the west.

[KentGardener]

Just thought I would pop in and say hi!   

Harvested the last of my Galanthus seed pods today and parcelled them up ready for their trip to Canada.  Leaves are starting to die back on some plants but others are liking this cool damp weather and are continuing to pump goodness back into the bulb.  I am hoping for a bumper crop of flowers next year.   

[bulborum]

Hello galanthophiles 

who knows the best way for collecting drying cleaning
snowdrop bulbs so they look shiny good looking and so on
when I clean my bulbs they look matt sometimes bad looking

Roland

[Paddy Tobin]

Roland,

At this time of year I am simply taking away the wilted leaves and freshening up the soil above the bulbs and leaving them alone to flower again next year.

Why dry and polish them?

Paddy