Snowdrops in February 2012

[Brian Ellis]

11 ‘Long Drop’ and Iris reticulata ‘JS Dijt’
12 ‘Swanton’ beginning to make a nice group
13 ‘Ivy Cottage Corporal’ another Broadhurst snowdrop
14 The incredible ‘South Hayes’ with it’s bold outer mark
15 Not a very good photo I’m afraid but this is the very attractive ‘Corrin’, the shape of the flowers makes it difficult to focus (that’s my excuse anyway).

Just for all you lurkers

[Martin Baxendale]

It's spelt 'Bill Clarke' in "Snowdrops".

Martin - the 2006 Reprint of 'Snowdrops' carries the correction

Ah, I see. I have the original edition.

[daveyp1970]

Brian stunning pics,i have just got lapwing and i think it is fantastic as well,the greatorex find is a bit special as well.

[Brian Ellis]

Davey I thought you'd like a few pictures as you missed out on Saturday (mind you John & Brenda's is far, far better); you have just reminded me to look at Comet, will do so now.

[mark smyth]

wow that's a lovely form of South Hayes. Well jeal as they say in Essex. Corrin is a beauty also.

I dont know Candlemass

[Maggi Young]

wow that's a lovely form of South Hayes. Well jeal as they say in Essex. Corrin is a beauty also.

I dont know Candlemass

It's a time of year, Mark, not a 'drop.

[Brian Ellis]

Candlemas assembly always had me  giving out the weather rhyme

    If Candlemas Day be fair and bright
    Winter will have another fight.
    If Candlemas Day brings cloud and rain,
    Winter is gone and won't come again.

    If Candlemas Day be dry and fair,
    The half o the winter's to come and mair;
    If Candlemas Day be wet and foul,
    The half o the winter's gane at Yule.

It's fair and bright  

I think the church calendar also has all the Christmas candles being used up at Candlemas.  Just found this on the internet:

It was the day of the year when all the candles, that were used in the church during the coming year, were brought into church and a blessing was said over them - so it was the Festival Day (or 'mass') of the Candles.

[KentGardener]

Has anybody notice the faint green mark on the end of the petals on Carolyn yellow

I noticed that too Davey - and it appears on both the photographs of Carolyn's yellow plicatus taken year apart.

I've got the first edition of the book too Martin and have made a hand written amendment in the index and on that page as I remembered someone speaking to the man himself and posting the correct spelling of his name on here.

[daveyp1970]

11 ‘Long Drop’ and Iris reticulata ‘JS Djit’
12 ‘Swanton’ beginning to make a nice group
13 ‘Ivy Cottage Corporal’ another Broadhurst snowdrop
14 The incredible ‘South Hayes’ with it’s bold outer mark
15 Not a very good photo I’m afraid but this is the very attractive ‘Corrin’, the shape of the flowers makes it difficult to focus (that’s my excuse anyway).

Just for all you lurkers

The puckering on Swanton is quite nice as well Brian.

[daveyp1970]

Has anybody notice the faint green mark on the end of the petals on Carolyn yellow

I noticed that too Davey - and it appears on both the photographs of Carolyn's yellow plicatus taken year apart.

I've got the first edition of the book too Martin and have made a hand written amendment in the index and on that page as I remembered someone speaking to the man himself and posting the correct spelling of his name on here.

If you could breed stong green lines on that yellow now that would be something.

[Brian Ellis]

The puckering on Swanton is quite nice as well Brian.

Even more pronounced when the sun shines

[kentish_lass]

Lovely photos Brian - and thanks for the Candlemas rhyme - you learn something new every day    Am I right in assuming that South Hayes and Corrin are inverse pocs?  They are both lovely.

I have been looking at last years photos of my Wendy's Gold and they seem to have a H marking - is that ok?  Mine are not all that yellow and I put that down to the shady spot they are in.

Snowdrops are flat to the ground today and it is freezing out there 30F at present.  Hope it warms up for the weekends adventures.

Jennie

[Alan_b]

It's spelt 'Bill Clarke' in "Snowdrops".

Martin - the 2006 Reprint of 'Snowdrops' carries the correction

If your name is Bill Clark and the snowdrop named after you is called Bill Clarke then you are bound to feel cheesed-off.  The spelling with an "e" was a mistake, let's all of us try not to perpetuate it.

I remembered someone speaking to the man himself and posting the correct spelling of his name on here.

Yes, that was me!  I showed you where he lived/lives last Saturday.  

[Brian Ellis]

Am I right in assuming that South Hayes and Corrin are inverse pocs?

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Book  says of Wendy's Gold that it shows the largest marking and the yellowness can vary.

an elongated V with very short arms

[Martin Baxendale]

It's spelt 'Bill Clarke' in "Snowdrops".

Martin - the 2006 Reprint of 'Snowdrops' carries the correction

If your name is Bill Clark and the snowdrop named after you is called Bill Clarke then you are bound to feel cheesed-off.  The spelling with an "e" was a mistake, let's all of us try not to perpetuate it.

I wasn't suggesting that anyone should continue using the incorrect spelling, just saying that I'd noticed that it was spelt "Clarke" in my (original) "Snowdrops".