Galanthus February 2021

[ielaba2011]

Galanthus nivalis in my garden right now - they are looking quite nice this year and bulking well.
I feel more confident now to try the fancy ones!

[Palustris]

I wanted to split up some clumps of Galanthus woronovii as they have clumped up nicely since I planted them. Only been in a couple of years too. However the bulbs were at least 9 inches down. The soil here is a very sludgy clay. What has me puzzled is that in our previous garden the bulbs were almost always no more than and inch or two underground. The soil there was a peaty silt. Seems odd the me that the bulbs here should work themselves down to that sort of depth and in such a short period of time too. So then I tried the other Galanthus too and they are also at that sort of depth.
Why?

[Mariette]

The bulbs of snowdrops tend to place themselves at a depth of soil where a reasonable humidity is provided for their needs. Perhaps You are gardening in an area where the soil is drier during summer?

[annew]

Hi Anne,
   That seedling looks seriously big.. I don’t have a petal length record for South Hayes, but I have Fieldgate Superb as 41mm and yours appear to be quite a bit longer than that. How long are they?

Tim DH

37cm length of outer segments.

[Hans J]

I would say :

37 mm

[Gail]

I would say :
37 mm

Otherwise that is one seriously big snowdrop! 

[annew]

Mrs Thompson is her usual batty self this year - so reliably unreliable!

[annew]

I would say :

37 mm

HaHa! 37CM would be worth a name!

[Carsten]

A warm and sunny day today.
G. woronowii 'Elizabeth Harrison' just opend
G. 'Mother Goose'
G. 'Lowik'
G. 'Dryad Gold Nugget'
G. nivalis 'Ray Cobb'

[annew]

Rays of sunshine!

[Leena]

Really nice  pictures to compare different yellow snowdrops. I keep going back to 'Mother Goose', so sturdy shape and the contrast between green and yellow. Also 'Dryad Gold Nugget' is nice, these newer varieties seem to stand out from the older ones.

[Alan_b]

G. 'Lowik'

Lowick, actually.  It's a village in Northumberland, quite close to where I live.  The local pronunciation is to rhyme the first syllable with "cow".  I believe it was originated by Lady Catherine Erskine of Cambo near St. Andrews.  I wonder what she was doing in a small village off the beaten track and south of the border?

[Carsten]

Of course, 'Lowick'. Thank's Alan for the background of the plant.

[Tim Harberd]

HaHa! 37CM would be worth a name!

Hi Anne, Thanks for measuring.... On the subject of BIG flowers... You posted a massive 'Comet' back in March 2016 which had a petal length of 47mm.. Was that just a 'one off', or does your Comet regularly attain such size?

Tim DH

[annew]

I'll measure Comet too.
Meanwhile, E A Bowles is in full flower ( what a find by Michael Myers), and also three seedling clones from E A Bowles x The Bride. These are therefore plicatus x elwesii.