Galanthus January 2011

[Lesley Cox]

If there is 'Trym,' and 'Trymmer' (or 'Trimmer') is there also a 'Trymmest?' (And what about 'Trimester?')

I ask because quite frankly, there's nothing else I can say in any of these Galanthus threads. Virtually nothing of what can be seen here on the Forum, except the commoner species, is available in New Zealand and not likely to be, unless Anthony D. successfully brings in his collection at some stage and builds it to a point where he may care to distribute a few. By that time I'll likely be in my grave.  Some lovely pictures of lovely drops on previous pages but it seems I'll have to get my personal highs with Crocus.

[lettuce begin]

Getting confused here. Emma showed a shot of ex Emma Thick which I assume is a seedling of 'Emma Thick'. Lettuce begin showed us x Emma Thick which I assume is the hybrid 'Emma Thick'.   I am confused?   

Olga - As I grow many snowdrops in pots the order of flowering may well be different when they are plant outdoors. Then we might see an entirely different order of bloom depending on fast they come out of the deep dormancy caused by frozen ground.  It would be a good project to compare order in milder Europe and the colder parts of the world.

johnw

Apoligies for the confusion by leaving the e out of ex on my posting . As stated it was my third attempt finally posted at about 1.30 in the morning,
determined not to be beaten by a machine, I've been beaten by a typo instead. !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Maggi Young]

I've been beaten by a typo instead. !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Join the club, Cheryl, we're all guilty of those!!

[KentGardener]

I've been beaten by a typo instead. !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Join the club, Cheryl, we're all guilty of those!!

My favourite is when Brian gets called Brain. 

[Lesley Cox]

I'll bet that's Brian's favourite too.

[emma T]

Bad lettuce  how dare you make a typo      It should be Galanthus 'ex Emma Thick' 

I was going to try and grow some seeds from it last year ,i had put pots of compost under the scapes and pegged them down onto the compost. All was well untill the dog discovered that flower pots were great chew toys 

[Brian Ellis]

I've been beaten by a typo instead. !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Join the club, Cheryl, we're all guilty of those!!

My favourite is when Brian gets called Brain. 

It's amazing how often I type it when touch typing

[mark smyth]

Alan and anyone else interested in small Narcissus a visit to Brian is amazing during March. Anne Wright has been. I've been going every March for about 5 years

[Brian Ellis]

Brian - You must be expecting a sizeable clump in the future with a Trimmer label that big!

The width is 2cm so you can see how small my 'Trimmer' is!

[steve owen]

Mark
I promised you a pic of Enid Bromley. Yare tis.
Steve

[Sean Fox]

Very nice Steve, quite a broad ovary above what looks like very large outer petals.

[mark smyth]

The ovary looks the same as Maidwell C but what about the inner mark?

[Brian Ellis]

Mark
I promised you a pic of Enid Bromley. Yare tis.
Steve

Now that's interesting Steve, it looks to have quite a wide, short, claw whereas I would have said that of my 'Maidwell C' is longer and thinner.  Which means that there is a difference between the two.  Here for comparison an old pic of 'Maidwell C'.

[Paddy Tobin]

From your photographs, Steve and Brain(!), there certainly are differences between them. 'Enid Bromley' strikes me as a far fuller bloom, larger petals, wider, as Brian say, at the claw and generally clothing and covering the inner segments more completely than 'Maidwell C'.

Both are lovely flowers.

Paddy

[Paddy Tobin]

An odd happening in snowdrop life here.

In 2005 I bought one bulb of G. 'Beth Chatto' (£12.50)from Beth Chatto's. When it arrived it had one mature bulb and one side bulb. Each year since 2005 it has produced one flower, something which disappointed me as I had hoped it would bulk up a little faster.

So, after five years with one flower per year, it is peeping above ground at the moment and it has six flowers. How odd but how welcome.

Paddy

Photograph from last year:

POST SCRIPTUM: FROM SUBSEQUENT DISCUSSION, BELOW, IT SEEMS CERTAIN THAT THE SNOWDROP IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS NOT 'BETH CHATTO' THOUGH IT WAS SOLD AS SUCH FROM THE BETH CHATTO GARDENS AND NURSERY. Paddy