Eranthis 2013

[Gert Hoek]

Two different 'pinkish reverse' Eranthis pinnatifida plants One from Hiroshima (I posted last year) and the other from Okayama.

Thanks Tatsuo for the beautifull pics and you comment of growing this plants

[WimB]

One of the newer selections of Eranthis (Eranthis hyemalis, Double Strike Group) in flower and Eranthis cilicica in bud

[ScotsmanInKent]

Hi Everyone

I have one type of Eranthis that was gifted to me by a friend a long time ago.
Dont know if it is a named variety, please see attached photo.

I would like to get some more cheap and easy to grow varieties that would look different and/or flower earlier or later than these ones.

Any suggestions on varieties, average prices, and where to get them would be gratefully received.
As would any kind donations or swops (I will pay postage) please IM me or reply here.

Thank you for reading

Simon

[WimB]

Hi Simon, they look like regular Eranthis hyemalis to me....which is very beautiful in its own right.

The only named ones which are "regularly" available are 'Schwefelglanz' (apricot coloured in bud (see attachment) and straw-yellow when the flower opens, 'Grünling': single green-yellow flowered one, 'Grünspecht': double green-yellow flowered one, 'Flore Pleno': double flowering form, 'Winterzauber': a very early,  smaller flowered cultivar and maybe 'Noël Ayres' : a filled green-yellow flowering one. There are in total only 31 named cultivars (I know of) but a lot of them are only being grown in the gardens of the persons who found them or in very small quantities. Sometimes you might find a rarity (like 'Hafod', 'All Saints', 'Lady lamortagne', Gothenburg', 'Orange Glow' or 'Orange Pips') offered on plantsales.

You can try here for sale:

Monksilver Nurseries (Joe Sharman) (you have to contact him by e-mail to ask which cultivars he might have for sale): http://www.monksilvernursery.co.uk/
Nijssen (in Autumn): http://www.pcnijssen.nl/v2/category.php?id_category=188
Andreas Händel (you have to contact him through his contact-form to get his sales-list of Eranthis): http://www.misterhepatica.de/
Wilko Hofstede (at the bottom of this webpage): http://www.convallaria.nl/EN/ListEN.html

Hope this helps!

[ScotsmanInKent]

Wim

Thank you so much, a very helpful reply.

I will follow up with the contacts you suggest.

Simon

[Alan_b]

I have seen (and bought) a cultivar named 'Pauline' http://www.judyssnowdrops.co.uk/Other_Genera/Eranthis/list/pauline/pauline.htm at a plant sale.  It is similar but not identical to 'Schwefelglanz'.

Regular Eranthis hyemalis sets seed very readily in my garden so spreads like the clappers.  Some of the named cultivars also set seed but I haven't had any long enough to grow a seedling to flowering size.  Presumably the stock of named cultivars is maintained by some sort of division of the corms?

[WimB]

I have seen (and bought) a cultivar named 'Pauline' http://www.judyssnowdrops.co.uk/Other_Genera/Eranthis/list/pauline/pauline.htm at a plant sale.  It is similar but not identical to 'Schwefelglanz'.

Regular Eranthis hyemalis sets seed very readily in my garden so spreads like the clappers.  Some of the named cultivars also set seed but I haven't had any long enough to grow a seedling to flowering size.  Presumably the stock of named cultivars is maintained by some sort of division of the corms?

Pauline:

E. hyemalis ‘Pauline’: found in Petersfield Garden by Patricia Dale in 1986, named for Pauline Dean. Flowers earlier than 'Schwefelglanz, flowers have a looser form than 'Schwefelglanz' and the colours of the bud and the nectaries and opened flower are a bit paler than 'Schwefelglanz'.

Named cultivars are increased by division of the tubers indeed!

[Alan_b]

Thanks Wim; I learn so much on this forum.  Is Pauline the palest form there is?

[mark smyth]

I don't see much difference. Maybe I'll take a petal off each to see how they differ

[bulborum]

Schwefelglanz is not very stable in colour
The colour change here during the flowering period
It's getting paler

Roland

[WimB]

Schwefelglanz is not very stable in colour
The colour change here during the flowering period
It's getting paler

Roland

Yes, it starts as apricot in bud and gets paler as the flower gets older.

[WimB]

Thanks Wim; I learn so much on this forum.  Is Pauline the palest form there is?

Hi Alan,
there are a few other pale forms ('Birte', 'Moonlight', 'Ruth Treff') but those aren't for sale yet. Of those that are for sale, 'Pauline' and 'Schwefelglanz' are the palest and 'Pauline' is a bit more pale than 'Schwefelglanz'. The palest form I've ever seen is an unnamed form, you can see that one here: http://www.edgewoodgardens.net/Plants_album/The%20Plants%20-%20%20Complete%20Collection/Ranunculaceae%20-%202/Eranthis/slides/Eranthis%20hyemalis%20pale%20form%200002.html

[WimB]

I don't see much difference. Maybe I'll take a petal off each to see how they differ

That would be interesting!

[Gail]

Eranthis 'Orange Pips' in pot, compared with 'Orange Glow'. Both very lovely but to be honest I suspect that without a label, even their mother would have a job telling them apart.

[WimB]

Eranthis 'Orange Pips' in pot, compared with 'Orange Glow'. Both very lovely but to be honest I suspect that without a label, even their mother would have a job telling them apart.

Gail, this is what I have as differences (next to the fact that 'Orange Glow' was found in Denmark in 1950 and 'Orange Pips' in England) 'Orange Pips has larger flowers and flowers earlier than 'Orange Glow', also the anthers of 'Orange Pips' have an intenser colour.