Christmas Galanthus challenge....

[Rob]

31 - I feel I should know this one......

48 - Diggory

I got my previous guess wrong, I think you're right with number 48 for Diggory.

I'll have a guess at Castlegar for number 31.

[Neil]

They all look the same to me

[Brian Ellis]

They all look the same to me

Should've gone to Specsavers

[loes]

nr 44,Sickle

could be but isn`t the spathe usually bent over ,like a curl?

[johnw]

John  - Please straighten me out on the marking difference between Fieldgate Prelude and Fieldgate Superb.  I recall Martin said my FP was mislabelled  - see photo - no vernation visible at the moment on either.   Also a pic of what's grown as Fieldgate Prelude at Covertside. 

johnw

[KentGardener]

John  - Please straighten me out on the marking difference between Fieldgate Prelude and Fieldgate Superb.  I recall Martin said my FP was mislabelled  - see photo - no vernation visible at the moment on either.   Also a pic of what's grown as Fieldgate Prelude at Covertside.  

johnw

Sorry John - I'm no expert.  I am merely 'guessing' what the flowers are in the pics for a bit of fun  .

[ian mcenery]

John  - Please straighten me out on the marking difference between Fieldgate Prelude and Fieldgate Superb.  I recall Martin said my FP was mislabelled  - see photo - no vernation visible at the moment on either.   Also a pic of what's grown as Fieldgate Prelude at Covertside.  

johnw

Sorry John - I'm no expert.  I am merely 'guessing' what the flowers are in the pics for a bit of fun   .

John and John

I am certainly no expert either but a snowdrop flowering now is unlikely to be Fieldgate Superb as it is the last snowdrop to flower in my garden see attached link shows 23 March and usually last until early April when all of the others have gone.  

John W

The top one shown in your post, is it flower yet or is this an old photo as it looks more like the real thing?

http://www.srgc.org.uk/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=5090.0;attach=203706;image

[Webster008]

Thank you Maggi and Paddy,

Brave enough to begin but got it wrong  .

[Paddy Tobin]

Thank you Maggi and Paddy,

Brave enough to begin but got it wrong  .

You will not be the first nor the last to get things wrong. This is a forum of friends sharing their garden/plant hobby, their experiences, views and information and we have all made enough mistakes not to be too worried about it anymore.

Paddy

[johnw]

John  - Please straighten me out on the marking difference between Fieldgate Prelude and Fieldgate Superb.  I recall Martin said my FP was mislabelled  - see photo - no vernation visible at the moment on either.   Also a pic of what's grown as Fieldgate Prelude at Covertside.  

johnw

Sorry John - I'm no expert.  I am merely 'guessing' what the flowers are in the pics for a bit of fun   .

John and John

I am certainly no expert either but a snowdrop flowering now is unlikely to be Fieldgate Superb as it is the last snowdrop to flower in my garden see attached link shows 23 March and usually last until early April when all of the others have gone.  
John W

The top one shown in your post, is it flower yet or is this an old photo as it looks more like the real thing?

http://www.srgc.org.uk/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=5090.0;attach=203706;image

Ian - The first photo was taken on 28 Dec 2009 in my greenhouse, so one can assume it is be an earlier flowerer outdoors.  The second photo at Covertside is dated but the marking quite different whether the vernation matches we will have to see.

johnw -  -3c and a stiff wind.

[Maggi Young]

I see the thread has already been read 398 times..... but precious few names coming for the drops.....
Wol and Sue will be having a good lugh, I bet! 

[loes]

35 Bo Bette ?

[KentGardener]

Thank you Maggi and Paddy,

Brave enough to begin but got it wrong  .

Hi Webster, my first thought was exactly the same as yours in thinking Mrs Thomson for that flower.      But then I looked in my garden and could see that Godfrey Owen is already in flower - but Mrs Thomson is a couple of weeks from flowering.  Glen Chantry, where the photos were taken, is only 25 miles or so (as the crow flies) from here - so I decided that Godfrey Owen was the more likely.

Remember - I don't yet know the answers - so I could be wrong in my guess and it turns out to be Mrs Thomson after all.  

I am pretty certain that I will be wrong on lots of my guesses.  

[KentGardener]

John and John

I am certainly no expert either but a snowdrop flowering now is unlikely to be Fieldgate Superb as it is the last snowdrop to flower in my garden see attached link shows 23 March and usually last until early April when all of the others have gone.  

John W

The top one shown in your post, is it flower yet or is this an old photo as it looks more like the real thing?

Good point Ian - I've just looked in the garden by torchlight and Fieldgate Superb is only 1cm out of the ground - so I shall scrap that from my guesses.    So which shall I guess is Fieldgate Prelude?  

nr 44,Sickle

could be but isn`t the spathe usually bent over ,like a curl?

Hi Loes

I was quite uncertain - but feel that Sickle is likely to be in there somewhere (it is flowering here already).  I changed my guess from #40 to #2 and now to #44 for the reason of the scythe like spathe.  I really can't decide!  Help!    I'm going back to #2 for now.  

I've not grown Bo Bette - so will gratefully accept your advice on #35

Rob - Castlegar seems a good guess for #31 - I shall pencil that in for my submission.

Diane - definitely must be Lapwing musn't it.  

I'll find out just how badly I have done in a couple of days!  

[KentGardener]

John  - Please straighten me out on the marking difference between Fieldgate Prelude and Fieldgate Superb.  I recall Martin said my FP was mislabelled  - see photo - no vernation visible at the moment on either.   Also a pic of what's grown as Fieldgate Prelude at Covertside.  

johnw

Hi John

My 'Fieldgate Prelude' (that a forum member kindly sent to me last season) has open this morning - with a little help from an upturned vase "mini greenhouse"   .  

It looks the same marking as your flower to me.