Galanthus March 2011

[mark smyth]

I was in a garden earlier this week, hello David!, and saw two albino G. nivalis. Does anyone know how common they are?

[Alan_b]

A few years ago I found a group of albino nivalis.  Some were completely albino, others had some inners with marks and others without.  I collected a few bulbs with the permission of the owner.  In my garden I get an albino flower about one year in 3, but mostly the flowers are normal in appearance.  This year I was back where I found the originals and saw that there were still some apparently albino drops growing there.

So in my experience, drops that are occasionally albino are more common than those that are consistently albino. 

[johnw]

Three snowdrops with a face:
Wheras Clare Blakeway-Phillips is well known and its blurred mark may vary, Wachtmeister Dimpfelmoser is a grumpy looking one from Germany and rather new, a selection made by Horst Bäuerlein.
Green Teeth is a newer cultivar distributed by Joe, but the teeth are more looking like eyes for me ... :-)

Great ones Thomas.  Der Meister is certainly wide-awake!

johnw

[johnw]

Lovely long inners on April Fool.

johnw

[johnw]

Nice pics from all especially the find from Lettuce and Hagen with the Grüner Waldschrat.
Here are some pics from this morning (9.00 pm) been snowdrophunting in my secret forrest!
2 bags of flore pleno but nothing special yet.
Thought i had found a bunch of yellows
But at a closer inspection they had botrytus

I commend your moderation Gerard. Many would go with a truck.

johnw

[Gerard Oud]

I will try to find one of those small trailers you can put behind a pushbike

[Brian Ellis]

Does anyone know how common they are?

It is my firm belief that all these variants are out there - you just have to find them.  This was reinforced by Melvyn's talk on Galanthus reginæ-olgæ at the Gala.  After all where do the suppliers get them from to start with - they only bulk them up and then supply the demand (he said cynically).  If I had the health and strength I would be whizzing about the woods all over the place looking for them

[RichardW]

I have a few good clumps of April Fool, it originated from a close friend of my employer, it does flower later but never in April, here it generally starts flowering as the ordinary nivalis goes over.

Galanthus plicatus 'Washfield Warham' (photo 1 and 2)is one of the latest cv's.
And I have never seen flowering Galanthus 'April Fool' (photo 3) in the month april. They must called him 'March Fool'.

[daveyp1970]

I was in a garden earlier this week, hello David!, and saw two albino G. nivalis. Does anyone know how common they are?

Mark i have three in my garden this year but cant promise they will be the same next year i'll take a pic in a minute

[Tony Willis]

I was in a garden earlier this week, hello David!, and saw two albino G. nivalis. Does anyone know how common they are?

Mark i have three in my garden this year but cant promise they will be the same next year i'll take a pic in a minute

I found several last year and separated them out. They are all back to normal this year.

[mark smyth]

Thanks Davey and Tony.

[Paddy Tobin]

I passed on a clump of G. 'Straffan' about a month ago. When I gave them to my friend he noticed that some had very pale markings, almost none at all. I had a look at those at home the other day and noticed some the same, very pale markings. However, I don't imagine this will be repeated consistently.

Paddy

[David Quinton]

Beginning to struggle to find things to photograph as the recent sunny weather has meant that a lot of flowers are past their best now. That said, I did manage to find a few still in flower or just beginning to open.

1. Fanny - just beginning to mature (there really is no way of saying anything about this plant without someone sniggering at any unfortunate double entendres).
2. Fanny - and just to back up the previous comment, here is Fanny opening up......oh dear!
3. Foxton - A much more robust name, fortunately.
4. Gloria - Another poculiform from Joe Sharman.
5. Gloucester Old Spot - A favourite of mine. A simple flower and a plant that quickly multiplies when happy.
6. Peardrop - I think that we have now agreed that the name is Peardrop and not Pear Drop. Happy to edit if the consensus feels differently.

Cheers,
David

[loes]

last year I found an all white nivalis in my garden and this year it is white with very faint light green marks.just opening now so do not know how it looks when fully open.and one of the inners is longer than usual.

[RichardW]

6. Peardrop - I think that we have now agreed that the name is Peardrop and not Pear Drop. Happy to edit if the consensus feels differently.

did ask Cliff Curtis at his NGS day, it is Peardrop.