Galanthus March 2011

[Maggi Young]

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

Warmth? Lucky you!
It's so windy and cold here that all you'd get are action shots of the flowers waving about all over the place.
It was snowing this morning.....

[KentGardener]

It was warm but windy - each picture took about 9 attempts to get one in focus (and even getting them in the lens was difficult as most were flying 6 inches in every direction!  ).  Warm though, as long as I wasn't in the wind.

[Brian Ellis]

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.  

Snap 

[bobbydog]

hi there
does anyone know what this snowdrop is
please let me know

[bobbydog]

this is a picture of the underside

[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

Jennie

I'd say the green mark on your CBP is showing signs of virus.

Thanks for letting me know Martin - she will be moved ASAP.  To my amateur eyes it looked clear of virus but I trust your judgement.  I have already cancelled my order for x allenii and my Augustus look virused for sure.  Such a shame as I like CBP and Augustus - not sure sure where to put them as I have snowdrops everywhere now.  I will find a far corner in the woodlands maybe.

Jennie

[steve owen]

Just diverted the river through the Augean stables, now back to the pots....

[freddyvl]

Freddie - some lovely selections you have growing there.   

John, next year you can see them with your own eyes 

John beautiful and very clear pics, especially Streifen Weh is a stunner (in close-up)

[mark smyth]

Steve, is that your collection?

[steve owen]

Mark, that's the Transit Lounge.

[mark smyth]

Bobby I think its Casper the friendly ghost

[Martin Baxendale]

Nothing very special, just a couple of snaps of late-season seedlings. One of the things I'm doing is selecting out seedlings that are consistently late flowering so I can breed with them to hopefully extend the snowdrop season. First, a plicatus x gracilis seedling, not fantastic but has been a late flowerer the last three years. Second, a nice late seedling that's supposed to be Mighty Atom x Bertram Anderson. You can see the Atom blood in it. I'm also always looking out for dark green marks like this one as very dark green marks are, I always feel, a good feature to breed into snowdrops.

[bobbydog]

any help on 183 184
apprieciated

[Alan_b]

Isn't it just an example of the ordinary double snowdrop G. nivalis flore pleno, Bobbydog?  The leaves look very much like nivalis.  The flowers of this snowdrop can show a lot of variability, but yours don't look to me to be out of the range of what one might normally find.   

[kentish_lass]

Look what arrived in the post today.........

I had decided it would be sold out and expected my second choice snowdrop which was Ruby Baker.  I was jumping up and down and running around showing it to everyone in the house - to which they replied "Is it something special then?"    It is lonely being a snowdrop collector sometimes!

Hope I do not kill it with kindness and feel very nervous.  Does anyone know if he has 'special needs' or can I just plant him (in lattice pot of course) in my new wooded area - when it is finished?

Here he is  (just three of around 40 photos!)
Jennie