Snowdrops in February 2012

[Webster008]

 so couldn't resist taking a new shot of sandersii

I don't blame you, it is a fantistic group of sandersii.

[angie]

Just thought I would try again, snowdrop more open so maybe would be easier to identify. Looked at some pictures posted on the forum and thought it looked like Sandersii.

Angie 

[Martin Baxendale]

Just thought I would try again, snowdrop more open so maybe would be easier to identify. Looked at some pictures posted on the forum and thought it looked like Sandersii.

Angie 

Yes, Angie - Sandersii. Did this come from Anthony?

[angie]

That's good that I have a name now. I got this snowdrop from a SRGC member that sadly is no longer with us, Ron Smart. Every time he came to visit me he took along a plant, they were usually hardy orchids. He gave me the snowdrop but had lost the name. Such a nice man.

Thanks Martin.

Angie 

[ian mcenery]

 so couldn't resist taking a new shot of sandersii

I don't blame you, it is a fantistic group of sandersii.

Thank you Rick

[GoodGrief]

Nice to meet so many people at the recent galanthus events down in Devon.

Here's a couple of photographs of Rosemary Burnham. One I bought in the green in the spring and the other as a dormant bulb in the summer. Spot the difference!

[Photo's to follow, as I seem to be having trouble uploading them...]

One thing I've learnt this year might explain why a number of purchases from last year seem reluctant to flower ... is how to spot a pot-grown snowdrop from a snowdrop picked in the green and stuck in a pot. The former is likely to have roots at the bottom of the pot and maybe even moss on the top.

Those German snowdrops on sale looked gorgeous. Next year, I'll have to pack a sack of compost, pots and a trowel in the car!! [Thanks for the tip, Toby].

Regards, Malcolm.
 

[GoodGrief]

Photos... I hope!

[Brian Ellis]

She really is lovely Malcolm

[annew]

Just catching up - Moses Basket reminds me too much of defenders in a football match waiting for a penalty shot...

[Maggi Young]

Just catching up - Moses Basket reminds me too much of defenders in a football match waiting for a penalty shot...

Oh dear... laughed so loud I woke Poppy the dog up.

[Gerry Webster]

Here's a couple of photographs of Rosemary Burnham.......
 

She really is lovely Malcolm

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[GoodGrief]

That'd be more of a perky little double nivalis?  [said, straying into dangerous territory]

She really is lovely Malcolm

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[Brian Ellis]

 

[Paddy Tobin]

'Mrs. Thompson' has no intentions of becoming a page three girl. However, she has been behaving rather oddly in the garden of late.

I noticed today one flower stalk with two flower heads and then another flower which had produced triplets. Very odd behaviour indeed.

Paddy

Galanthus 'Mrs. Thompson'

[Paddy Tobin]

This photograph strikes me as a good illustration of the habit of G. 'Straffan' producing a second and later flower from each bulb and so giving it a long flowering time in the garden as it effectively flowers twice. You can see the first flush of flowers well developed while a second flush is beginning lower down.

This is G. 'Coolballintaggart', by the way - a synonym for G. 'Straffan'. G. 'The O'Mahony' is another synonym and it may be of interest that these bulbs came directly from "Coolballintaggart" which is the garden of The O'Mahony.

Paddy

G. 'Coolballintaggart'