Galanthus March 2011

[Paddy Tobin]

Mark,

Might I suggest that comments on suppliers be restricted to those where you can praise someone. Otherwise, the old saying, "If you have nothing good to say, say nothing" might best be applied.

Paddy

[freddyvl]

Serie 3: Late flowering, recent (unnamed ?) Galanthusvarieties: without explanation, just to enjoy (especially Hagen !):

[kentish_lass]

Lovely pictures Jennie - your flowers are lasting so much longer than mine.  'Angelique' is such a nice snowdrop flower.

It is good to see how great your pictures are when you get a bit of bright light - I remember how frustrated you were when trying to take pictures here in failing light one day.

Thanks John - I nicked my dads camera which is not as old as mine and seems to cope with low light levels much better - probably a bigger chip in it.  Wish I had known sooner as I have missed so many great shots this year.  That Belle Etoile is really lovely and I must pick up a Greenish again one of these days.  I lost mine about 14 years ago and I think it cost £5 back then which I thought was a fortune.  (Just remembered it was not Greenish I lost but Virescens)   I have one little flower on June Boardman and it has never opened up yet, so nice to see what it should look like.  Lovely photos John

Lovely snowdrops Freddie......and yes Brian - I believe I am on the road to rack and ruin  

Jennie

[Paddy Tobin]

Freddy, A lovely set of snowdrops.

Paddy

[Hagen Engelmann]

Freddy, for you it is the end of season, here it is the begin. We should speak about it .

[Hagen Engelmann]

A warm garden place need Galanthus gracilis.

[Paddy Tobin]

Hagen, Good to see your snowdrop season under way, a lovely selection of G. gracilis.

Paddy

[Brian Ellis]

Thank you Hagen for extending our snowdrop season, some nice marks on those gracilis, particularly the centre one

[KentGardener]

Freddie - some lovely selections you have growing there.   

[kentish_lass]

A few late night additions from me  taken in the garden today.

1.  Claire Blakeway Phillips - my plant is not showing virus and if it does.....its out
2.  Ding Dong - been flowering for ages now
3.  An interesting shot (I think) of Galadriel breaking from the sheath
4.  gracilis hybrid from Wisley this year
5.  Snow White
6.  Green Teeth
7.  H Purcell

Jennie

[Natalia]

What are your wonderful snowdrops ... as you want in our spring snow kingdom.

[Martin Baxendale]

A few late night additions from me  taken in the garden today.

1.  Claire Blakeway Phillips - my plant is not showing virus and if it does.....its out

Jennie

I'd say the green mark on your CBP is showing signs of virus. All CBP are said to be virused, but (as with many snowdrops) the symptoms can come and go depending on how well the bulbs are growing. If you are going to keep something like CBP that's known to carry virus in a collection then it should be planted as far as possible away from other snowdrops. Sometimes there are claims of virus-free stocks of widely-virussed snowdrops, like Augustus - Ron Mackenzie's stock is often quoted as being virus free, but I find that it shows symptoms later in the season. I'd say always be very wary of any cultivar with a reputation for carrying virus even if it isn't showing symptoms.

[KentGardener]

A forum lurker contacted me today to say how unhappy she is with the size of bulbs received from the Snowdrop Company. My advice is send them back and ask for a flowering bulb or a refund.

Are you happy with yours?

Here's G. Margaret Biddulph - £40

I too ordered 'Margaret Biddulph' from 'The Snowdrop Company' and received pretty much the same as you have shown Mark.  I must admit that I was not impressed when I opened the parcel yesterday to find a non flowering bulb.  Annoyingly I have wanted this bulb for a few years so will not be returning it to complain (I can't get it from anywhere else) - but I am not the happiest customer in the world this year.  

[KentGardener]

A few pics from here this afternoon.

1 - Irish Green
2 - Irish Green
3 - Bunch
4 - Bunch
5 - Ruth Birchall
6 - Streifen Weh again (Petals filled out in the warmth of this afternoon)
7 - Mrs Tiggywinkle

[johnw]

A warm garden place need Galanthus gracilis.

Hagen - By that do you mean G. gracilis needs a warm growing season or do you mean it is not cold hardy? I imagine these gracilis might not be too happy in Neuschottland.

johnw