Galanthus February 2011

[KentGardener]

Was just out in the garden taking a picture of 'Hans Guck in die luft' before it was gone for this year and grabbed another couple of quick pics in the failing light (it is now almost dark!)

1 - 'Marjorie Brown'
2 - 'Pusey Green Tips'

[Jo]

Here is a "fresh" picture from today from my own ( named by me )

Hans guck in die Luft

Many of my friends here have received from me the (true) plant - if anybody is interestet to swap with me....no problem !

Enjoy
Hans

Hi Hans,

your 'Hans' snowdrop flowered beautifully for me this year, as did all the other lovely swops we did.  Thanks again for that.

[Maggi Young]

I know there is no way of working this out, but I wonder, over the years of the Forum (this and the "Old" archived version) what sort of size of garden could have been planted using the plants and seeds that Forumists have swapeed.... I'mnot just talking snowdrops, but all the amazing range of plants that I read about  X getting from Y ..... my guess it i would be a really sizeable a  plot of ground.... much bigger than most of us have for our gardens, anyway!  

[Hans J]

Hi Hans,your 'Hans' snowdrop flowered beautifully for me this year, as did all the other lovely swops we did.  Thanks again for that.

Hi Jo ,

thank you for your friendly words about my plants !

Your plants growing also fine here 

Hans

[johnw]

what sort of size of garden could have been planted using the plants and seeds that Forumists have swapped.

I think we should be talking what size county instead of garden.

johnw

[mark smyth]

if anybody is interestet to swap with me....no problem !

Yes please

[Maggi Young]

what sort of size of garden could have been planted using the plants and seeds that Forumists have swapped.

I think we should be talking what size county instead of garden.

johnw

Well, I did wonder that! 

[mark smyth]

Galanthus nivalis Mini Me are showing their green flush this year

The changeable face of Maidwell C. The only difference I can see in my plants are
Maidwell C has larger flowers
Maidwell C has a better yellow edge to the leaves

Anyone else done any comparisons? I'll take side by side flowers tomorrow but I dont want to remove leaves.

[alpinelover]

Some Galanthus in flower here,
G. 'Hippolyta'
G. 'Bertram Anderson'
G. 'Desdemona'
G. 'Anglesey Abbey'
G. plicatus 'Washfield Warham' is normally a bit later, but is already coming up.
Some Galanthus nivalis with Helleborus orientalis.

[alpinelover]

And who is recognize this one. I found it along road and field.

[Martin Baxendale]

And who is recognize this one. I found it along road and field.

It is Galanthus elwesii monostictus (which simply means Galanthus elwesii with a single mark - some G. elwesii have two marks on the inside flower segments, and others have just one mark, like your snowdrop).

[Carolyn Walker]

was given a bag of plic Babraham today, presume it's the B Dwarf in the bible, is it known for its scent? it is amazing!
quote from RichardW (didn't come out as a quote not sure what happened)


There is a cultivar offered in the US called 'Babraham Scented' with the description "another of Hector Harrison's discoveries".  The name implies it's known for its scent, but it's not in the bible unless it is 'Barbraham Dwarf'.  Does anyone know anything about this snowdrop?

[RichardW]

perhaps the same thing, though what I was given doesn't look very dwarf.

glorious day today, several tours so quickly ran round with the camera between.

Barbara's Double
Find
Find - very short, only just started flowering.
Diggory
Greenish
Pear Drop - favourite of mine, one of the most elegant drops I grow.
David Shackleton

[snowdropman]

Pear Drop - favourite of mine, one of the most elegant drops I grow.

Richard, I agree that this is a very good snowdrop, which always sticks out from the rest.

At the 2007 Galanthus Gala, Cliff Curtis told how he had discovered this in the Ketton garden and described it as "a really good garden snowdrop, bulks up well, flowers shaped and hang like a pear drop".

[KentGardener]

Managed to get home from work early while the weather was nice.   A few pictures from my back yard today - some I have shown pictures of before but these were all looking lovely in the warmth so deserved their photos being taken again.  Made a nice change to have sunlight to take photos.   

1 - 'Peardrop' (great drop, does well, but the scent doesn't appeal to me  )
2 - 'Bloomer'
3 - 'Curly'
4 - Not DQ Greatorex
5 - 'E A Bowles' (a gift!)
6 - 'Kildare'
7 - 'Mrs Tiggywinkle' (wanted this fore ages and thanks to a kind forum member am now the proud owner of a few  )
8 - 'Seagull'
9 - plicatus Byzantinus
10 - 'Pat Mason'