Galanthus February 2011

[annew]

My first purchased South Hayes looked like an ordinary snowdrop, and was replaced. I chipped the good replacement, and you can see the results below (also Trymmer). The markings are obviously very variable. It will be interesting to see what they are like next year. Another good reason for only selling flowering sized bulbs.

[Mavers]

Good morning everyone.

Some pictures of snowdrops in my garden taken on Sunday. Not the best pictures I know but I hope you enjoy them.

Pics 1 & 2 are of Alan B's beautiful find 'Green Light'

Pic 3 Godfrey Owen

Pic 4 Lapwing?

Pic 5 Anyone any ideas why Percy has done this?

Pic 7 & 8 Trympostor bought from Alan Street at The Garden House

[Alan_b]

How long has "Tryposter" been around?  I coined that name for a snowdrop John W has that was supposed to be Trym but turned out to be something different.  Did I think of the name first or was I pipped to the post?

[Mavers]

The first I knew of Trympostor was when I walk into the Tool Shed at The Garden House Alan.

Alan Street had a big tray full of them & they went like hot cakes. It's a seedling found at Avon Bulbs & is supposed to be shorter growing & more vigorous.

[RichardW]

another nice day but things getting a little muddy under foot after the rain.

St Anne's
Bertram Anderson
Curly
x valentinei
find
quite big green tip double, no idea what it is.
couple of the moat and folly.

[Brian Ellis]

'find' is a good one Richard.  Some lovely snowdrops, I am sure by the weekend you will all have a great time.

[johnw]

The first I knew of Trympostor was when I walk into the Tool Shed at The Garden House Alan.

Alan Street had a big tray full of them & they went like hot cakes. It's a seedling found at Avon Bulbs & is supposed to be shorter growing & more vigorous.

Yikes, the Trym mess deepens.  I guess I had better not be using "Trym" impostor for the one here.   I think a few of us may have these and so I guess it's just a matter of having our records clear and passed on.  Of course none of these are true names without the " " marks in the correct spots.

johnw

[Brian Ellis]

My apologies for misleading you over a picture of G.'Kenneth Beckett's AM form' which I showed earlier.  It has now been removed as it was not correct.  When I went round to Richard Hobbs this morning, I showed him the photos to make sure they were correct.  When I got to this one he said "Oh, no you haven't got 'Kenneth Beckett's AM form' but that is much better (indicating the picture below)".  This is a short seedling found in Richard's garden which it was thought ought to be named, Sally wanted to call it Goblin, but that name is taken.  It was then suggested to them that it was called G.'Hobbgoblin' which nicely indicates it's origin. So here it is under it's correct name, and a right sweetie it is too

[KentGardener]

I like 'HobbGobling' Brain - different from a lot of others so could maybe one day earn a space in my little patch.  

Feeling miserable with a cold today (or is that man flu when a male gets a cold?.... )  Managed to drag myself away from my central heating and duvet to take a few photos in the garden.

1 - elwesii 'Wispy'
2 - NOT Fieldgate Superb (I got this a couple of years back from one of the big boys as 'Fieldgate Superb' which it is obviously not.  But as it is such a good do'er and a lovely yellow I keep growing it.  It was suggested last year that it may be 'Primrose Surprise' or perhaps 'Spindlestone Warburg'  - I will never know for sure but as it performs so well here I really don't care that it is miss/un named )
3 - 'Homersfield'
4 - elwesii ex 'J Platt'  (a nice refined drop that attracts my attention every year  )
5 - 'Sentinel'
6 - 'George Chiswell no 9'
7 - 'Lady Moore'
8 - 'E A Bowles' (I would like to add that this was an extremely kind gift from a penpal - there is no way I could afford the price it is attracting at present!)
9 - 'Bloomer' - I really like this one each year.  It has a wonderful lime green ovary that appeals to me.
10 - another unnamed nivalis poculiform

[RichardW]

Homersfield looks nice, like a bolder marked Ketton.

[snowdropman]

This is a short seedling found in Richard's garden which it was thought ought to be named, Sally wanted to call it Goblin, but that name is taken.  It was then suggested to them that it was called G.'Hobbgoblin' which nicely indicates it's origin. So here it is under it's correct name, and a right sweetie it is too

'Hobbsgoblin' would have been even better 

[snowdropman]

4 - elwesii ex 'Jeremy Platt'  (a nice refined drop that attracts my attention every year  )
5 - 'Sentinal'

Did you mean 'Jimmy Platt' & 'Sentinel' 

[KentGardener]

Homersfield looks nice, like a bolder marked Ketton.

Hi Richard

A new one to me last year.  The sales list basically says:

A lovely, relatively tall hybrid that grows in Suffolk.  The inner segment mark superficially resembles that of 'Ketton' but the basal markings are much stronger.  The mark and ovary have a distinct olive-green tinge.  A very vigorous snowdrop first shown at the 2009 gala.

[KentGardener]

4 - elwesii ex 'Jeremy Platt'  (a nice refined drop that attracts my attention every year  )
5 - 'Sentinal'

Did you mean 'Jimmy Platt' & 'Sentinel'  

Oops, sorry.  

'Sentinel'  (my spelling is rubbish!)

and

G. elwesii var. monostictus ex J. Platt.

[freddyvl]

Good to have you posting Freddy.    Nice pictures - hopefully the first of many.  Have you found 'Ronald Mackenzie' to be a happy grower in the garden?  I have heard mixed reviews with some saying that it is one for the alpine house.

Oirlich is fast approaching.    Fingers crossed for good weather.

Warren,  glad you like 'Pat Mason' - one of my favourites.  Wish I could grow 'Diggory' - I have moved it again this year but expect it will not be alive in 2012.    It seems to be one that just doesn't like my garden.    

John, and other forumnists, all our snowdrops are in the open garden. We don't think that snowdrops are happy in pots (Oeps ... now I have said something for discussion !!!). This means that 'Ronald MacKenzie' is also in the garden just like all the others.
We have a  sandy soil here in the north of Belgium (against the border with the Netherlands). We have made it suitable for Galanthus with especially our own (kitchen)compost (2-3 years old) and a lot of (old) leafmould (mainly beech and oak). Every year in autumn they become a mulchlayer with old leafmould, the same as we have mixed in the ground. Important is how you plant your snowdrops. I'll explain in Oirlich otherwise later on this Forum.
'Ronald MacKenzie' is a new introduction but we can say that until now we had no problems with it. It grows but not very fast.
In the near future we gonna try to post some pictures in een Galanthusserie and to do it each on a specific theme. We don't known whether it is interesting to say a few words about each snowdrop. Last weekend we took al lot of pictures from the snowdrops because the weather was good to photograph and we had the time (!) so now we have to select them and 'adapt' them for putting on the Forum (Flemish and Scottish Forum, so look also on www.vrvforum.be and go to Forum).