Snowdrops in March 2012

[daveyp1970]

This is one of my finds,three flowers on it this year and it does it every year.

[johnw]

We opened the south-facing coldframe today and spent an hour taking some of the woodchips off the pots.  Surprsingly many in flower whilst the north frames are still frozen.  The coverings will have to go back on as it may be quite a cold night. A few pix of those in flower later.

johnw  - +3c in the sun, soil crusty in the shade.

[johnw]

From the frame today:

1 Sickle & elwesii Rosemary Burnham
2 plicatus Maidwell L
3 Mrs. MacNamara
4 Magnet impostor P&M  - any ideas?
5 Green Brush
6 elwesii Rosemary Burnham
7 Ding Dong
8 Desdemona
9 Bess
10 Merlin
11 elwesii Rosemary Burnham

johnw

[JimF]

Just about finishing up snowdrop season in the Pacific NW

G. 'Brenda Troyle'
G. 'Washfield Warham' . . . . ?

[KentGardener]

Nice foundling Roland. 

Davey - what can I say - once again you have found something that puts a smile on my face.   

[KentGardener]

Jim - it's the same here - very few things still to flower.

But we have John and some of our other international members to keep us satisfied with snowdrop photos.

[Alan_b]

That's a lovely snowdrop, Davey.  Do you twin scale them?  I'm very much in favour of anything that spreads the risk of losing the lot.  I've just found another pot that used to have three bulbs in but this year has the top eighth of one bulb and a swift moth larva.  This was a find from 2010; nothing hugely special but it was all the cultivated stock in existence.   

[Martin Baxendale]

Just about finishing up snowdrop season in the Pacific NW

G. 'Brenda Troyle'
G. 'Washfield Warham' . . . . ?

Looks right for Washfield Warham, Jim.

[daveyp1970]

That's a lovely snowdrop, Davey.  Do you twin scale them?  I'm very much in favour of anything that spreads the risk of losing the lot.  I've just found another pot that used to have three bulbs in but this year has the top eighth of one bulb and a swift moth larva.  This was a find from 2010; nothing hugely special but it was all the cultivated stock in existence.   

Alan after talking to Cliff Curtis i will be twin scaling from this year onwards,i have in the past just let my finds get to a large clump then send them out to who ever would like a bulb so if i was to loose it then somebody will have it somewhere,the problem comes when in the early days i never kept records so couldn't tell you who has them except JohnF and Brian .

[Hagen Engelmann]

Dave, your findling is a thing of interest. It has not only a few bracts more, it is a poc too.!!!

[Hagen Engelmann]

Kentgardener is waiting for:

NOBODY IS PERFECT, now in best condition.

[Hagen Engelmann]

John, you are waiting for the greens also ?

Brian, I also have a few of SCHMALHANS IM GRÜNEN !

[KentGardener]

Hagen

You have made my Sunday a happy day.  I might celebrate your lovely flowers with a can of German gherkin!

'Nobody is perfect' can look perfect when it performs well. 

And yet another wonderful green. 

Keep them coming.   

[Hagen Engelmann]

John, I hope you have a little bit more of sun.

I will post the next greens in their own topic.

Here is a lovely poc, came from Vienna to me: DANUBE STAR

[art600]

Hagen

Good to see such a wonderful clump of 'Danube Star' - sadly one I lost this last winter, no explanation such as a grub, nothing in the pot.