Galanthus - October 2015

[Brian Ellis]

Well do something about predators Mark, mine are in the garden, lovely flowers one day, nothing there the next!

[Alan_b]

Yes, slugs and snails are way too active at this time of year.  The only consolation is that the leaves usually emerge undamaged later.  You either use pellets or a physical barrier or plant somewhere so dry in summer that gastropods are unlikely to venture.   

[Paddy Tobin]

I'm torn between putting these in the garden or leaving them in the pot. I did get 14 bulbils from 10 chips of a bulb and daughter this year so maybe in a few years I can experiment.

I've ordered a lot of 13cm terracotta long toms for the new plunge but they are late coming and I'm not about to start to repot again.

Yes, these have twin scapes; not in all bulbs but that doesn't surprise me as they would have been disturbed during repotting and the less mature bulbs wouldn't produce twin scapes yet.

[ashley]

Despite appearances, these are pot grown in a cold glasshouse and were simply taken outdoors where I buried the pot in fallen leaves for the photograph - a little artistic licence!

Beautiful photos Paddy. 
At first glance I thought your plants were growing in situ, so wondered why Waterford gastropods should be so much more restrained and mannerly than their Cork cousins 

[Alan_b]

Presumably Cork and Waterford are both too wet and mild to offer an inhospitable environment to gastropods anywhere in the garden, which is why Paddy is forced to grow his reginae olgae under glass.

[Paddy Tobin]

Peculiarly, I don't find slugs, snails and relatives do much damage to snowdrops here. I don't know why but do not complain.

[Alan_b]

For me, slugs and snails are a major pest for my earliest snowdrops but no problem thereafter.  Any snowdrop emerging from around November onwards seems to be safe from gastropods but before that they are at serious risk of having the emergent flower buds eaten off.  Even when spring comes around I suppose the mature leaves must have lost their taste and they are never attacked if the plant is healthy.     

[Blonde Ingrid]

Santa Claus is coming to town and bulking up nicely! It is always doubly heartening when clumps start forming after a year or two! 

[Maggi Young]

Santa Claus is coming to town and bulking up nicely! It is always doubly heartening when clumps start forming after a year or two! 

 Or, in some cases, it is simply astonishing if they remain at all, let alone multiply!  (Sorry, I'm having a negative morning!)

[Brian Ellis]

Here I have decided to rename this Rainbow Farm too Early - as you can see from the second picture which is potted bulbs for sale next spring they will be over!

[Maggi Young]

Nice looking 'drop though, Brian.

[ruben]

2 seedlings i noticed today:

Galanthus reginae olgae ssp. reginae olgae - a normal one
Galanthus reginae olgae ssp. reginae olgae with short chubby flowers

[Leena]

Tilebarn Jamie is showing it's nose today.

[Alan_b]

My first Galanthus elwesii 'Peter Gatehouse' into flower, with reginae-olgae behind.

Oops, image came out sideways when posted.

 edit by maggi - fixed I hope!  Edit by Alan - thank you, Maggi.

[Hagen Engelmann]

Brian, why EARLY??? I would say they are LATE.....in the year