Galanthus in December

[David Nicholson]

Have a great time John and remember me to Valletta, one of my favourite cities.

[Hagen Engelmann]

Hello JohnW, do you have a pic of G.e. ALANYA YAYLA? There are different types in the gardens. The best has whole green inners!!!
I got one bulb, but it was infected. Now I have 3 or 4 twinscaled small bulbs and a lot of patience.

[mark smyth]

Both of my Three Ships flowers have been eaten  Alternative food has now been spread around the garden.

[Paddy Tobin]

John, Mike and Emma,

Why is Maggi so slow to jump in with "All snowdrop collectors are sad"?

[Maggi Young]

Why is Maggi so slow to jump in with "All snowdrop collectors are sad"?

Goes without saying, surely?   
 Or perhaps because maggi and ian have recently bought a SAD lamp  and find it most useful! 

[Paddy Tobin]

So, Maggi, are you sporting a wonderfully healthy skin colour these days?

[Maggi Young]

It doesn't colour the skin, Paddy, hasn't got the tanning element to the light - we're still as delightfully pale as the average snowdrop Though if any green bits start appearing, we'll get worried. 

[johnw]

Duplicate post, see below, server said it was still loading post.  Picture removed but still showing on the forum but no attachment visible under "Attachments and other options". Bizarre.

[johnw]

Hagen - This is the one I got in Germany quite some time ago.  Mysteriously it disappeared from my collection for a number of years along with Robin Hood and a few others, at the same time a 'Lola' label appeared  = LOst LAbel.  No deaths had been recorded & none of the Lolas flowered until about 2009.   German friends were a tad hesitant to positively id it having lost theirs and nobody seemed to have a picture.  Then Günter's book came out and the match was made.

johnw  - +7c at 22:14 and torrential rain expected.

[Hagen Engelmann]

Yes JohnW , the plant is OK.
Here is a pic of my flower.

At first there were different plants found near Alanya at a place called Alanya Yayla and the plant labels said "from Alanya Yayla". May be it was 20 years ago. Then you could buy these huge plants for good money, so they needed a name. Now the description name of source  is the cultivar name. I bought it under the new name. Please note: from the same place came different plants with different marks, but all very huge. Now you can find a part of the new town of Alanya on the place and meanwhile galanthus are very very rare there .

[Hagen Engelmann]

Mark, you should change the order/sequence next year !

[Brian Ellis]

Please note: from the same place came different plants with different marks, but all very huge.

...and are they still in circulation Hagen?  Lovely Goblet mark on 'Alanya Yayla'.

[Paddy Tobin]

G. 'Paradise Giant' is the best display in the garden at present because, I suppose, it is a big clump and the flowers are opening in the last few mild days.

Lovely marks on your 'Alanya Yayla', John. Lovely flower.

[daveyp1970]

G. 'Paradise Giant' is the best display in the garden at present because, I suppose, it is a big clump and the flowers are opening in the last few mild days.

Lovely marks on your 'Alanya Yayla', John. Lovely flower.

Very nice Paddy

[KentGardener]

What's this, John?  The south coast of the UK = the new costa?

Christmas at the parents place at the seaside - lots of Mum's home cooking.