Galanthus in February 2014

[Thomas Seiler]

Some impressions from my garden today:
Angelique, Bess, Godrey Owen, Lavinia, Titania

[Brian Ellis]

Lovely to see Thomas, you are ahead of us, Godfrey Owen is not far up here.

[Mavers]

Really Brian?

My Godfrey Owen are starting to go over.

I'm in Somerset near Glastonbury.

Not on the levels thank goodness but they aren't far away.

~I hope Ding Dong is OK..............Are you OK Maxine?.............Been thinking of you surrounded by all that water.

[art600]

I have a pot marked "Missing label"

One plant 'normal, another has this interesting middle.

Apologies for poor photos, but is this a named cultivar?

[MR GRUMPY]

I have a pot marked "Missing label"

Arthur,
       It looks very much like 'Natalie Garton' to me.I know of two semi double elwesii's and the other is 'Chris Sanders'.

[Hagen Engelmann]

Thomas, spring is starting in your garden. Fine pics. What is the difference between LAVINIA and TITANIA?

Brian, here in the east we have the last snow, no spring, but sun.

Art600, I have the same effect on my NATHALIE GARTON.

[art600]

Steve / Hagen

Thanks for identification - Do you know if this is stable?

[Hagen Engelmann]

Finally we have sun, sunlight.
So the green from SCHORBUSER LAMPION turns to yellow.
This change need light. No good conditions in the greenhouse.

[Ding Dong]

Really Brian?

My Godfrey Owen are starting to go over.

I'm in Somerset near Glastonbury.

Not on the levels thank goodness but they aren't far away.

~I hope Ding Dong is OK..............Are you OK Maxine?.............Been thinking of you surrounded by all that water."

I'm fine Mike, thank you x Still living island life. My snowdrops are fairing well, and like you my 'Godfrey Owen' is going over

[Alan_b]

Alan Street spoke at the AGS snowdrop meeting today and was bemoaning his chances of putting on a good display for the RHS London Show because his snowdrops are so early this year.  It must be that balmy Somerset climate!   

[art600]

It is the same here in wet and warm Kent.

Have never seen so many snowdrops.  Had thought the excessive rain might cause problems, but so far have not seen any.

[Thomas Seiler]

Thomas, spring is starting in your garden. Fine pics. What is the difference between LAVINIA and TITANIA?

Good question, Hagen. Mainly the label ... LOL
I had a closer look this morning and think it is almost impossible to tell them apart. Only the length of the scape seems really different, which is about 20 cm in 'Titania' and almost to 30 cm in 'Lavinia'. The apical marks of 'Lavinia' should have a tendency to stain towards the base from the sides - according to the "Bible" -  but I can't find that. So maybe it is not 'Lavinia', though received from one of the best and reliable sources 10 years ago. These double ones are always tricky.

[johnralphcarpenter]

Got this from Leonid Bondarenko last year as Galanthus caucasicus. His website says "Collected in N. W. Caucasus, Karachaevo-Cherkesia. Corresponded fully to description made for G. caucasicus by A. Grossheim in 1940 year. The leaves is bluish, relatively narrow with a specific form (wider in upper part) grown vertically in the beginning and almost compressed to the soil in full development. Seems I start disputing with systematic which unit G. alpinus and G. caucasicus but they are very distinct plants in garden. Flowering in the spring exclusively early".

Now I read in this Forum that G. caucasicus is in fact G. elwessi var. monostictus, which I also have and which looks nothing like this. The latter is a tall robust snowdrop. This plant is flowering at 8cms high. So, whilst undoubtedly a Caucasican snowdrop, what is it? (I'll try for a better photograph)

[johnralphcarpenter]

Hopefully these are better pictures...

[johnralphcarpenter]

Also from Leonid, Galanthus alpinus var. alpinus.