Galanthus January 2012

[daveyp1970]

Many thanks for your comments on the snowdrop above. I will keep it going in the garden. The mark is interesting, I think, but feel Hagen's comment about the balance of size between the plant and the flower are especially apt.

I have a feeling that this snowdrop will look very interesting when it has bulked up into a good-sized clump; better as a group rather than for its individual appearance.

Time will tell.

I don't see Arne on the forum these days and wonder how this snowdrop is getting on with him.

He also sent me another small-flowered G. elwesii which has a full green inner segment marking and green tips on the outer segments. Photograph below.

Arne Mickerts' green-tipped Galanthus elwesii

That is really pretty Paddy

[Anthony Darby]

I see JOSEF JURÁŠEK is advertising seeds of Galanthus trojanus.

[KentGardener]

I, too, am with Hagen on the small one.  But then I am the one who loves spikies - so beauty is definitely in the eye of the beholder. 

The green tipped one is interesting - is this flowering now Paddy?  Or a picture from a previous year.

Hopefully I will get to see the garden in day light today - I wonder what damage that wind has done!?....

[Paddy Tobin]

Hi John,

Both of these were photographed yesterday in the garden. The season is a bit ahead of normal here so it might not be accurate to assume it is normally an early-flowering snowdrop.

Paddy

[steve owen]

I see JOSEF JURÁŠEK is advertising seeds of Galanthus trojanus.

I have G.Trojan growing here.

[Anthony Darby]

Is that the same Steve?

[bulborum]

Galanthus elwesii var. elwesii sel. 5515
just one of my selections
and my pot with Galanthus reginae-olgae ssp. vernalis

Roland

[Brian Ellis]

A lovely potful Roland

[bulborum]

With a lot of luck (no frost next weeks)
we go to Sicily to see if we can find the original collection place

Roland

[Paddy Tobin]

Galanthus elwesii var. elwesii sel. 5515

I think someone who has  5515 selections Galanthus elwesii var. elwesii has a serious obsession with snowdrops. LOL

I am frightfully jealous of you G. reginae olgae as I have struggled so much with these in the garden and have conceded that I will have to grow them in pots in the glasshouse.

Paddy

[ChrisD]

I am frightfully jealous of you G. reginae olgae as I have struggled so much with these in the garden and have conceded that I will have to grow them in pots in the glasshouse.

Paddy - I am amazed, G. r-o ssp vernalis thrives here. In fact, as I have mentioned before, it was the only type of drop in the garden when we moved here 15 years ago. It has survived total neglect and chronic overcrowding. I didn't identify it until last year when John (kentgardener) kindly gave me one. Anyway I now have numerous clumps in all sorts of different places in the garden. Some are well up already, others, in colder spots, are only just showing. If you or any other members want to try some just drop me a PM, I have hundreds .

Chris

[bulborum]

Galanthus elwesii var. elwesii sel. 5515

I think someone who has  5515 selections Galanthus elwesii var. elwesii has a serious obsession with snowdrops. LOL

Maybe 5515 is the picture number
easy system picture number is plant number

when a plant is good enough
he get a real xx-xxx number = Year-Number

I try this summer Galanthus reginae-olgae ssp. vernalis in the garden
First I want to look in Sicily next week how they grow
if the place much differs from the Galanthus reginae-olgae ssp. reginae-olgae in Sicily

Roland

[steve owen]

Is that the same Steve?

Anthony, I think the safe assumption is that my G Trojan has nothing at all to do with these "trojanes" seeds. I got my bulb from a seller at last year's Gala, whose identity I didn't note - not I think one of the major suppliers. At any rate, if he/she reads this thread they can identify themselves (and sell more bulbs to you all!).

[chasw]

Managed a quick tour of the garden today,to see Reverand Hailstone,Deer Slot,Benton Magnet,Godfrey Owen in and almost in flower ,if its brighter tomorrow I will take some pictures,still very wet underfoot though, I thought that the high winds might have dried it out a little more than they have

[kentish_lass]

Hi All
I too was working all day in the garden and plucked up the courage to do a 'head count' of snowdrops showing in front of the dogwoods.  If you all remember (I doubt you can forget after I went on.....and on - I had quite a bit of trouble in that border last year.  Anyway, all are nosing through with the exception of 'Angelique' - my absolute favourite.  I think my garden is quite a bit behind most of you but am wondering if anyone has Angelique poking thru yet?  Also in that border 'Lapwing' looks quite sickly and I will dig it up tomorrow and investigate.  The leaves are yellowing at the tips and the flower looks shrivelled and deformed.  Here we go again...............

Roland - love your pot of reginae olgae subsp. vernalis - what a showstopper.

Paddy - love your two snowdrops gifts - lovely photos.  I wish I knew how to take photos where the flower is in full focus and the background is blurry and out of focus.

Despite being on the phone to Avon at 9am on the dot on the 4th Jan - I still missed out on getting Alan's Treat.  Does anyone know anywhere else I could try for it?  I have been trying for 2 years now.  Apparently Avon opened their doors for the New Year and had a hundred orders in the mail, so many cultivars were sold out before they started the web site and phone lines.

Jennie