Snowdrops in February 2012

[johnw]

Jim  - How do you do with the yellows and which do you consider the best?

johnw

[Alan_b]

Those are some really nice double snowdrop foundlings, Emma.  Are there two different ones or is it it more?

[Brian Ellis]

Glad you like "Cby", Brian. It's a personal favorite I found a couple years ago. In the pots it shows great poise and self confidence! Attached it is in profile, correctly.

...and I have to say I like it even more Jim! A distinctive shape, now it reminds me of someone I know....

[emma T]

Those are some really nice double snowdrop foundlings, Emma.  Are there two different ones or is it it more?

Just the 2 different ones. I have a 3rd findling double but that is much earlier to flower and has now gone over.

[chasw]

At last some pictures from me,have had to have some help from youngest son,new computer etc

So here we go
Bertram Anderson
Diggory
Margaret Owen
Natalie Garton
Two Eyes

[David Quinton]

First post of the year. A few from the garden yesterday.

1. Ray Cobb - a common yellow but one that always seems to be yellow as opposed to a limey green seen some years in varieties such as Wendy's Gold.
2. Fatty Puff - A Joe Sharman introduction and lives up to the name.
3. Trymming - Various spellings abound for this Trym derivative but however it's spelt it still looks great!
4. Vertigo - A small vertically challenged snowdrop but great all the same.
5. Art Nouveau - A beutifully marked introduction purchased from Avon Bulbs.

David


 edit by Maggi... flipped the pix, David. They are super!

[David Quinton]

Thanks, Maggi. They looked fine on the computer but the posted images don't seem to have retained the flip request!

[Maggi Young]

Happy to help, David. That  "flip" problem sometimes seems to happen and I have no idea why!

[johnw]

Glad you like "Cby", Brian. It's a personal favorite I found a couple years ago. In the pots it shows great poise and self confidence! Attached it is in profile, correctly.

...and I have to say I like it even more Jim! A distinctive shape, now it reminds me of someone I know....

Lovely profile on CBy Jim, Brian is great at picking at winner.

johnw

[johnw]

David

Ray Cobb sounds like one to try.  Your Fatty Puff is well described. Do we know the parentage?

Did Vertigo gets its name due to its lack of ability to stand straight?

Chas.  - Your Bertram looks fine, nice to see one that has withstoood the tests of time.

johnw - -3c & sunny

[David Quinton]

John,

Ray Cobb I've struggled with. I've had it twice from one grower and it's failed to live. However this has come from Glen Chantry and done well for me. It looks really great when seen as a clump and that's certainly the case at Glen Chantry. The great yellow colour offset against the dark boarder mulch sets it off to perfection.

I don't know the history of Fatty Puff other than it was introduced by Joe Sharman. Joe told me that it was not named by him but the flamboyant name is certainly something more attributable to him!

Vertigo seems to have been named as it is short. It stands up well and has survived the cold snowy spell seen here in the East of England without any damage. I suspect that it's another one of Alan Street's cleverly named snowdrops.

David

[johnw]

Thanks David. Perhaps Ray Cobb is worth seeking out as the yellows have not been that yellow here.  Maybe better in the ground should they ever decide to bulk up here.  They frequently get knocked back in pots.

johnw    - 0c

[Maggi Young]

'Ray Cobb' at Dunblane
Some of the yellows look much more yellow to the naked eye than they appear to the camera, it seems.

'Alexander the Great'  .....John W said this  about him :

Thanks for photographing Galanthus Alexander The Great Maggi.  I think this is the first time we have seen it on the forum.
johnw

[Brian Ellis]

First post of the year.

Have to agree with Maggi, David, they are super, nice to have you back with us

[Paddy Tobin]

Also, yellows seem to fade to olive as they age. I have noticed this with G. 'Primrose Warburg' in particular.

Paddy