Galanthus March 2021

[Leena]

In just two days time some new snowdrops are emerging from snow.
The first one is another G.lagodechianus, bought two years ago from Augis and it is from Armenia. It already flowered last year, but this year it will be better to compare with the other G.lagodechianus I have (albeit in a different bed in the garden).
'Gerard Parker' is also already flowering when the snow melts around it.
'Hippolyta' in the third picture.
I'm most excited about this snowdrop in the last picture. It is a self sown seedling of 'E.A.Bowles', and flowering for the first time now. It may be that it is nothing special, but I'll see when the flower opens:).

[Leena]

'Lady Elphinstone' today.  Planted 2013 and I have already once divided it in 2017. Thank you Gail!

[Gail]

You're welcome Leena. Lovely photo and I'm glad to see she is not green!

[Leena]

Lovely photo and I'm glad to see she is not green!

I have been happy that she has been yellow all the time:). Soil is slightly acid I think, and sandy with added humus every year.
Such a nice sturdy little snowdrop!

[johnw]

Galanthus elwesii 'Fireside Find' is very promising and showing vigour here.  G. 'Primrose Warburg' has finally decided to settle down and offset; my third or fourth attempt in 20 years.

johnw

[Leena]

Such a sunny picture of 'Primrose Warburg'.

[Alan_b]

Galanthus elwesii 'Fireside Find' is very promising and showing vigour here. 

Inversely poculiform elwesiis are very rare indeed.  I can only think of one other with a name, 'The Groom', (which Richard Bashford seems to be bulking-up https://www.rbsnowdrops.co.uk/gallery , or maybe not; there is only one in the picture). What's the origin story, John?   I presume this was a bonfire?  Is it one of Cal Palmateer's?

[johnw]

G. elwesii 'Fireside Find' was found near the Fireside Grill near Victoria, BC by friend Carol Dancer.  The Grill has a vast area of naturalized elwesiis & a number of good seedlings have been found there.

johnw

[Maggi Young]

More Galanthus nivalis from different areas - grown and  photographed by Dimitri Zubov.....


Galanthus nivalis, Bulgarian Black Sea Coast, Burgas, Thrace, Bulgaria


Galanthus nivalis, Dnieper Upland, Cherkassy region, Ukraine 2


Galanthus nivalis, Dnieper Upland, Cherkassy region, Ukraine


Galanthus nivalis, Dnieper Upland, Kyiv region, Ukraine 3

[Maggi Young]

next batch.....


Galanthus nivalis, Dnieper Upland, Kyiv region, Ukraine


Galanthus nivalis, Eastern Carpathians, Ivano-Frankivsk region, Ukraine


Galanthus nivalis, Iberian Peninsula, Barcelona, Spain 2


Galanthus nivalis, Iberian Peninsula, Barcelona, Spain

[Maggi Young]

next.....


Galanthus nivalis, Iberian Peninsula, Valencia, Penyagolosa Mt., Spain


Galanthus nivalis, Pindus Mnts, Greece


Galanthus nivalis, Podolsk Upland, Khmelnitsky region, Ukraine


Galanthus nivalis, Strandscha, Kyrklareli, Turkey-in-Europe

[Maggi Young]

last of this batch from Dr Zubov....


Galanthus samothracicus, Chalkidiki, Greece



Galanthus samothracicus, Samothrace Island, Greece

[Alan_b]

G. elwesii 'Fireside Find' was found near the Fireside Grill near Victoria, BC by friend Carol Dancer.  The Grill has a vast area of naturalized elwesiis & a number of good seedlings have been found there.

johnw

https://www.firesidegrill.com/ ?? 

Hitherto the problem with 'The Groom' has been that it would not chip/twin scale so it remains extremely rare in cultivation.  Do you know if anyone has tried this with 'Fireside Find'?

[Maggi Young]

a few more  snowdrops from the  Ukrainian garden of Dimitri Zubov ...

'Fieldgate Imp'


'Pieces of Eight'


Galanthus graecus, Ukraine


Galanthus gracilis, Bursa, W Turkey



Galanthus graecus ' Greenzzly'   Ukraine

[Brian Ellis]

https://www.firesidegrill.com/ ?? 

Hitherto the problem with 'The Groom' has been that it would not chip/twin scale so it remains extremely rare in cultivation.  Do you know if anyone has tried this with 'Fireside Find'?

I haven't just letting it grow naturally.