Author Topic: Snowdrops in February 2012 (Read 114764 times)

Brian Ellis · « **Reply #510 on:** February 21, 2012, 05:43:30 PM »

Glad you enjoyed the whizz, I had thought 'Corrin' was 'Megan''s sister, and now I am thoroughly confused as it appears as both a boy's and girl's name and is also Corrine, Corin, Corine....someone will have to ask Rannveig

Yes Lina, I think 'Swanton' is a beauty too, but some disagree.

annew · « **Reply #511 on:** February 21, 2012, 07:32:35 PM »

Does anybody have photos of G. Colossus and Warham? I have one I bought as Warham, which is identical to the one on Potterton's website:
http://www.pottertons.co.uk/pott/view_product.php?pid=2871
However it doesn't look like the other Warhams I can find pictures of on Google, and although there is a long text on it in the Snowdrop book, there are no photos of it. Mine does, however look like what I have as Colossus from Colesbourne.
The 2 photos below are of my Warhams in different years.

daveyp1970 · « **Reply #512 on:** February 21, 2012, 08:24:20 PM »

Quote from: Brian Ellis on February 21, 2012, 05:43:30 PM

Glad you enjoyed the whizz, I had thought 'Corrin' was 'Megan''s sister, and now I am thoroughly confused as it appears as both a boy's and girl's name and is also Corrine, Corin, Corine....someone will have to ask Rannveig

Yes Lina, I think 'Swanton' is a beauty too, but some disagree.

I have to agree with you and Lina 'Swanton' is stunning very nice shape to it and Josie WOW.So many there Brian to drool over.

Brian Ellis · « **Reply #513 on:** February 21, 2012, 08:58:09 PM »

Anne I believe there are several 'Warham's around. There is also a 'Warham Rectory' and there are both plicatus and plicatus x byzantinus from there too. I will try and find a few photos of the Warhams I have but I don't think it will be much help!

ScotsmanInKent · « **Reply #514 on:** February 21, 2012, 09:05:38 PM »

Warham is a plicatus isnt it?
How does it differ from "normal" plicatus?
I like the look of your photos.

David Quinton · « **Reply #515 on:** February 21, 2012, 10:06:17 PM »

Lovely photographs Brian. You beat me to a picture of Josie by a few hours. Even so I make no apologies for posting another one as it really is a beauty!

David

Brian Ellis · « **Reply #516 on:** February 21, 2012, 10:11:33 PM »

I'm glad you like it and it flowered for you David. Much better picture than mine, you'd better come and photograph the clump

mark smyth · « **Reply #517 on:** February 21, 2012, 10:24:33 PM »

Anne, Colossus should be over by now

Anthony Darby · « **Reply #518 on:** February 21, 2012, 10:42:40 PM »

Just memories for me. $:-\$

chasw · « **Reply #519 on:** February 21, 2012, 10:43:26 PM »

Still have two or three still in flower here Mark

johnw · « **Reply #520 on:** February 21, 2012, 10:50:22 PM »

Quote from: David Quinton on February 21, 2012, 10:06:17 PM

Lovely photographs Brian. You beat me to a picture of Josie by a few hours. Even so I make no apologies for posting another one as it really is a beauty!
David

Stunning dark marks on the outers David.

johnw

David King · « **Reply #521 on:** February 21, 2012, 11:00:35 PM »

A few we saw yesterday in friends garden. Rather windy difficult conditions.

1 G Augustus
2 G Fred's Giant
3 and 4 G Little John
5 G Robin Hood
6 G woronowii

art600 · « **Reply #522 on:** February 21, 2012, 11:38:48 PM »

I thought Corrin was Bob & Ran's daughter.

Megan being Corrin's daughter

johnw · « **Reply #523 on:** February 22, 2012, 01:21:08 AM »

A nice big-flowered woronowii there David.

johnw

Carolyn Walker · « **Reply #524 on:** February 22, 2012, 01:33:42 AM »

Here are some photos from a visit to a friend's garden who has a much larger collection than mine. The first five are all labeled so I won't repeat that here except that I have never seen so many flowers on a clump of snowdrops as there were on G. reginae-olgae subsp. vernalis.

The sixth photo is of a snowdrop cultivar purchased with a name but with the classic lost label. Any ideas?

The seventh and eighth photos are of a snowdrop that reliably over a number of years has produced flowers with four segments even when moved to new locations. The flower is big ('Magnet' size) but the original identity is lost. Quite attractive. I wish I had gotten a shot of the leaves and measured it but the wind was howling so I was concentrating on getting a photo between blasts.

(Edited by maggi to add the file names so they can be found by the search facility. )

G. 'Daphne's Scissors'
G. elwesii 'Zwanenburg'
G. reginae-olgae subsp. vernalis
G. reginae-olgae subsp. vernalis 2
G. 'Sir Herbert Maxwell'
G. unknown
G. unknown, 4 outer segments
G. unknown, 4 outer segments 2

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