Snowdrops in February 2012

[Brian Ellis]

Here's a really weird snowdrop I saw in the woods today; its a 2x4 or is that a 4x2?  What I mean is that it has four outers and two inners arranged symmetrically.

John will like that one when he sees it.  It's quite fun

[loes]

Lovely snowdrop there Alan,hope it does this every year

Put me at the top of the buyers list !

[Alan_b]

Put me at the top of the buyers list !

I guess this means I will have to go back and get it!  No guarantee that it will ever do the same thing again, of course.

[loes]

Yes,please go back!(just one bulb?)

I really like the odd ones 

[mark smyth]

Something new arrived this week and I really like it.

G. Hedgehog

From the Gala - Friar Tuck. It's a plicatus hybrid with big flowers on short scapes. Twin scapes per bulb

[johnw]

G Hugh Mackenzie in the garden this morning.

Smelling salts please.

johnw

[David King]

Something new arrived this week and I really like it.

G. Hedgehog

From the Gala - Friar Tuck. It's a plicatus hybrid with big flowers on short scapes. Twin scapes per bulb

That reminds me I must ask Brian where he's put my my collection including Hedgehog which I acquired a couple of years ago. I've only been collecting now for two years and already I have two!

[Carolyn Walker]

I gather from a recent comment, that the snowdrop season over there is getting a little long in the tooth, and that it would be appreciated if some more of us on the sunset side of the Atlantic would post pictures from our gardens, for a change.

Don, It is so wonderful to have another American galanthophile posting on the forum.  I was hoping that if I asked enough stupid questions it would inspire some lurkers to come forward.  Your photographs are wonderful and you are way ahead of me in collecting.  Please post more photos.  Your description of gardening in Iowa really gives fellow forumists a feeling for how different the climate is in the US and how what works in the UK might not apply here.  Welcome to the forum.  Carolyn

[Don B]

Carolyn, I'll post some more pictures... when the snow melts. We just got dumped on by four inches of pure slush. It was so heavy that I could hardly shovel it off the driveway. Somewhere under there are some snowdrops, I think.

[Paddy Tobin]

That's not entirely impossible, Mark, as the mulch was applied this December. This was before the snowdrops had come over ground and other snowdrops in this bed were not effected in this manner though they had the same treatment.  Would the mulch not have made the foliage yellow/pale green also?
Next year may tell a different story.

Paddy

it doesn't look like a cow pat job to me, I see plenty here and the foliage/stems are usually showing signs of the same thing, it is lovely & hope it turns out to be stable.

Thank you for the comment, Richard.

I didn't think the yellowing was caused by mulch covering either as no other part of the plant is in any way yellow. Also, adjacent plants are not showing any yellowing.

It would be a delight if it appeared like this next year. I can only keep my fingers crossed and wait in hope.

Paddy

[Brian Ellis]

That will be a joy Paddy, we'll keep everything crossed for you

That reminds me I must ask Brian where he's put my my collection including Hedgehog which I acquired a couple of years ago. I've only been collecting now for two years and already I have two!

Drat I thought he'd forgotten about those

[John Aipassa]

I am not really a Galantophile, but the white fever has somewhat struck me due to a friend of mine. I bought this 'Fieldgate Fugue' at the Boschhoeve Galanthus event in The Netherlands last week for her. Now that it is fully open I really like this one and I want to share it with you.

Cheers,

[mark smyth]

Thanks John.

[Paddy Tobin]

That will be a joy Paddy, we'll keep everything crossed for you

That reminds me I must ask Brian where he's put my my collection including Hedgehog which I acquired a couple of years ago. I've only been collecting now for two years and already I have two!

Drat I thought he'd forgotten about those

Thanks, Brian. It's a little excitement in life.

What? E-bay? Champagne? Oh, yeah!

Paddy

[David Quinton]

At last Margaret Biddulph has finally opened for me and to celebrate here are a couple of photos of her. I've also included a more 'puffed' up picture of Fatty Puff and Josie as she has opened up a little more since my last posting of her.

1 and 2. Margaret Biddulph
3. Fatty Puff
4. Josie

David