Galanthus to mid February 2007

[Alan_b]

Another shot of my foundling pure white snowdrop - with some ordinary ones in the background.  The leaves are actually quite curious; only a few mm wide but strongly curved inwards forming a vertical tube so only the undersides are exposed to daylight.  I take it the plant is a nivalis elwesii cross as both grow in close proximity.

[Anthony Darby]

Gosh, that 'S. Arnott' is something special Paddy.

[ian mcenery]

Paddy there's a fine line between an enthusiast and being OBSESSIVE!!!!!!!!

Are you sure which side of the line many Galanthophiles fall 

All I know is that I hope I can stay on the right side of the line but here's another to keep you going-  Primrose Warburg one bulb last year and seven this. Nothing else has done so well?

[mark smyth]

  Paddy!

elwesii 'Pyramid' was mentioned a while back. Here it is again with nivalis 'Eccuson d'Or'
 

[mark smyth]

That is a good return for 'Primrose Warburg'

Lastly from me is a stable 4 petalled plicatus ex Robin Hall's garden

[Joakim B]

Even I can appresiate the pictures and see that they are different and with a 4 petald one it is even easier
Thanks for posting and do not let the galantophobes get You to much down but then You seem to give as good as You take

Not that many doubles. Is that due to them being fewer or not as interesting to the people here with white fever?
I like the double nivalis since it really make the plant look white and almost shines when it is in woodland compared with the normal one.

Joakim

[Anthony Darby]

Aw shucks. All these snowdrops I don't have.  I put in a bid for South Hayes last year, much against my better judgement, and other people's advice (a fool and his money....my granddad would be turning in his grave), and have no idea how far off the mark I was!?

[Alan_b]

I went to the RHS show in London yesterday and admired the all-snowdrop display mounted by Foxgrove Nurseries.  They had a pot of Galanthus South Hayes (below) although the markings don't seem to be as strong as on the photo posted by Ian McEnery on page 12.  I do rather covet this snowdrop - I think because it is so strikingly different.  I presume that if I ever saw it on sale I would not be able to afford it but I hope one day I will be able to do a swap.  I think it is a good idea to be generous with the snowdrops you possess because if one day your prized clump goes to meet its maker there is some chance the friend you gave one to will still have some and be able to return the favour.   

[Paddy Tobin]

Alan,

Couldn't agree with you more. There is a saying attributed to Lady Moore, wife of Sir Frederick Moore, former Curator of the Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin which goes, 'The best way to keep a plant is to give it away.'  The meaning is just as you have said: in the case of loss in your own garden, there will be a source of a replacement available to you.

Paddy

[Paddy Tobin]

Ian,

That 'Primrose Warburg' is just beautiful. A great clump, indeed.

'Gold Shield' is completely new to me Mark, a very nice one indeed. 'Pyramid' is very light and elegant, holds itself very nicely.

Paddy

[mark smyth]

yes they are looking poor. I heard at the Gala that 'South Hayes' loses the green streak if twin scaled too much.

Anthony did you bid for North Green's snowdrops? They went for stupid money last year. It was discussed at the post Gala dinner. A few of each were available last year. One person paid over £100 each for each one listed. The next came in around £80 each. This bidding only proves to suppliers that people are willing to pay big money and that is why this year many snowdrops are over £35/£40 each. 'Trym' sold on Ebay last week for over £60. That's £35 over what it normally goes for.

Paddy I dont know how to spell ecouson d'or so called it gold shield for my own reference

[annew]

I give up Paddy, is it real? If not you are better at the CAD stuff than I am!

[ian mcenery]

Alan you are right this plant is nothing like the plant I saw. There were many bulbs in this clump but the whole thing was a bit dishevelled due to very bad weather (heavy snowfollowed by rain) so I sought out a flower that looked half decent but the makings I saw were almost as if it had been painted on heavily with green gloss paint on all flowers. Mark maybe right about excessive propagation or it maybe something else

[Maggi Young]

This South Hayes flower, is it meant to look a bit like Trym, or not?

Paddy, that streaky creature looks like it needs a tonic.
Ian, i am surpirsed that the ( yes, Lovely) Primrose Warburg is increasing so well. I believed that the yellows tended to be rather weak of constitution. Nice to See this one is doing so well for you. Fine, upstanding flower, a fitting remembrance of that lady.

[Maggi Young]

Just pinched this photo from  the RHS website ( from a London show in 2003) ; this shows G. South Hayes and says " the outer tepals turn outwards, like a lampshade, and are streaked  with green"


Looks more like Ian's than Alan's one from London Show, doesn't it? Do we need the REAL South Hayes to stand up? And WHY do I care??
Here, for comparison, is Ian McE's South Hayes


The one from the London show from Alan has a more ordinary snowie shape, never mind the markings.