White flowering Eranthis

[kalle-k.dk]

I know it's not a white Eranthis, but some years ago I got a filled Eranthis of a good friend from England, unfortunately he passed away in autumn 2011.
It has his name Eranthis hyamalis 'Richard Bish'
It will always remind me of him.

[Lina Hesseling]

Karl, your Eranthis is a beauty!
Lovely flower!
It is so nice to remember friends by looking at plants you shared.

Lina.

[WimB]

Wonderful plant, Karl...nice and evenly filled!

[udo]

Tatsuo, this white Eranthis looks very good,
here two yellow forms:
Eranthis hyemalis 'Orange Glow'
and                   'Schwefelglanz'

[Peppa]

Has anyone mentioned that Eranthis pinnatifida is scented yet? I realised they give off  pleasant fragrance especially on sunny day

Tatsuo-san, fragrance is always a nice bonus! I have never heard that E. pinnatifida has a scent. Would you mind telling me what kind of fragrance it has?

Karl, your Eranthis hyamalis 'Richard Bish' is very pretty! It's sad that the person has passed away, but like Lisa said, it's nice to remember your flower friend.

Dirk, both of your Eranthis are very nice!

[YT]

Thank you, Nicole
Karl, nice multi-petal with greenish one
Dirk, both of yours are also different to the normal one
Peppa, well… a kind of difficult questions for me describe such unique scent on words…something like mixed flowers with sugar candies

[Jan]

Eranthis stellata 5.3.2012
January 2012 - the temperature of-32C
today-16C

[WimB]

Eranthis stellata 5.3.2012
January 2012 - the temperature of-32C
today-16C

Nice, are those young plants?

[Jan]

large flowering plants

[Don B]

Jan's garden temperatures confirm my own experience here in Iowa, that pinnatifida and stellata are awfully hardy, apparently within certain parameters (I don't know what those parameters are, but we must be within them here as they both grow like little weeds, with the former self-seeding profusely). These pictures were taken after they were buried, in full bloom, twice by heavy, slushy snow with temp. down to -13C:

[Jan]

beautiful color

[fleurbleue]

How lucky you are Jan and Don... !

[Alan_b]

Just found this thread.

Eranthis hyemalis "Noel Ayres" originates from Anglesey Abbey.  I think it is named after a former head gardener there who was the father of another former head gardener, Richard Ayres (who has a snowdrop named after him).  As such it is available in the UK from several nurseries.

Why do so few people grow the white forms of Eranthis?  If there is one from Siberia it cannot be that they are too tender to grow in Northern Europe.  Once established, Erathis hyemalis sets seed very readily and grows like a weed in the UK so why are the other species so rare?   

[Paul T]

Wow, even more white types I didn't know about.    Only just found this topic.  Very drool-worthy.  I love the albino forms of pinnatifida, but like the blue stamens normal one as well.  The E. stellata is gorgeous as well.

Don,

They're seeding around like weeds.    I'm sure there is a lot of the forum who would like some of your weeds. LOL  I'm just hoping that my pinnatifida third year seedlings (well they've been through 2 growings seasons so far) come up this year.  Fingers crossed. 

Now there are more species and forms to try to find..... and of course the pinks. 

Thanks everyone.  Great to see all thes wonderful posts, even if I'm somewhat late in seeing them and saying thanks. 

[Jan]

Eranthis stellata today