Is it worth to become the garden cultivars? some selections from the wild...

[KentGardener]

So that's just 1, 12, 13, and 14 not getting a vote so far Dima.  You have made some nice selections.   

[Oakwood]

OKay, deal!!! Now, I've got some idea on a matter! Thanks you all! 

[Brian Ellis]

I didn't realise we were having a beauty contest!  My finalists would be 3, 5, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15.

Definitely not No 4 Tony, sorry that could have been red too weighs bee fore

[Thomas Seiler]

Beauty is not the only criterion ... No 4 is the most unusual one and therefore fascinating. If it would grow and flower freely it could cause a sensation ... 

[johnw]

Dima

My favourites in order 15,6,7,& 4 would make great fundraisers for the garden there.

Can't see number 3 clearly enough and then only if it's a good-doer,

johnw

[Maggi Young]

Astonishing support for the difformed and dodgy... who knoew there was such a market for three-eyed kittens. 

Thank goodness I know a sensible vet. 

[johnw]

Astonishing support for the difformed and dodgy... who knoew there was such a market for three-eyed kittens. 

Thank goodness I know a sensible vet. 

No more mention of cats in Nova Scotia these days please Maggi.   Have you not heard about Ripples the cat that commandeered an Air Canada flight here and upgraded herself to first-class causing thousands in delays and missed flights.

johnw

[annew]

Some very elegant flowers, I'd certainly buy some of them, given a chance.

[Oakwood]

OK)))) very interesting choice))) I would like to acquire from me No 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14. 

[loes]

No 4 !

[mark smyth]

Some very elegant flowers, I'd certainly buy some of them, given a chance.

You're not the only one.

[Lesley Cox]

OK, I'll be the fly in the ointment and no doubt everyone will quite rightly ignore this post. While I agree it's always good to introduce new stock of strong healthy plants; to propagate and distribute it, it is NOT right to give all of these cultivar names without first discovering whether there are others already named, visually identical? Does this not only add to the massive confusion within this one genus?

Or if you HAVE to give them cultivar names, for God's sake let them be something that identifies them fully for all time, such as 'Dima's A, B, C' or whatever.

[maggiepie]

I like #s 5, 6, 7 & 15

[art600]

OK, I'll be the fly in the ointment and no doubt everyone will quite rightly ignore this post.
Or if you HAVE to give them cultivar names, for God's sake let them be something that identifies them fully for all time, such as 'Dima's A, B, C' or whatever.

Lesley - at least you would be a hoverfly - useful.

I agree with you there are far too many snowdrops that look like others.  The Trym story is a case in point.

[Martin Baxendale]

Lesley, you do make a good point. I've been keeping out of this because I don't want to cause ill feeling, but I think I've made it pretty clear in the past that I'm not in favour of naming snowdrops quickly when they're still only a small clump in one locality before they've been properly trialled for garden worthiness and especially when they've recently come from the wild and it's not certain how they'll do in gardens. Often a snowdrop will be a healthy clump in the woodland where it originates but prove disappointing under the varied conditions of different gardens. I'm not saying to anyone don't name snowdrops if you think they're good, but I do advocate taking a bit of time over it and not rushing into naming too quickly. I've been raising snowdrops from seed for a lot of years and have a large number of very good snowdrops in the pipeline but I still haven't named so much as one. Numbering for identification purposes, as you suggest, is a good alternative in the early stages.