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Tim Harberd

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Galanthus February 2021
« on: February 03, 2021, 07:40:45 PM »
The mighty ‘Glenorma’ is only just clearing 50mm this year….. Mind you it had got rather overcrowded last season.. One of the problems of growing a vigorous cultivar!!

Once again about 10% of inflorescences show some fasciation .

I wonder whether any other cultivars will challenge Glenorma for sheer size this season.

Tim DH

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Re: Galanthus February 2021
« Reply #1 on: February 04, 2021, 08:46:51 PM »
The snowdrop talk, via Zoom, by Anne Repnow that I posted about in Events is this Saturday, 6th February.  You can book by following this link: https://www.plantheritage.org.uk/events/national/some-snowdrops-by-anne-repnow/ .  It says the talk is open to members of the Hardy Plant Society, Plant Heritage and I have been informed that this has been extended to members of the CGS Snowdrop Group.  I'm sorry that members of the SRGC have not been included but that's undoubtedly just an oversight and many of us are in multiple societies anyway. 
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Re: Galanthus February 2021
« Reply #2 on: February 06, 2021, 09:28:30 PM »
A peculiar snowdrop-flower discovered by my husband in a local wood two days ago.



´John Long´



´Trymlet

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A seedling of ´Trymlet´



Not a perfect poc, but an early one.


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Re: Galanthus February 2021
« Reply #3 on: February 08, 2021, 06:14:19 AM »
I love your "Gemini"-type snowdrop, Mariette.  Does it manage to do that every year? 
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Re: Galanthus February 2021
« Reply #4 on: February 08, 2021, 09:09:22 AM »
Thank You, Alan - it´s certainly a very odd one my husband found last week . I do not expect it to perform like that again next year as the other flowers of that clone looked quite usual.

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Re: Galanthus February 2021
« Reply #5 on: February 08, 2021, 10:41:10 AM »
Ah days, somehow I read years; I must have still been half a asleep.  One year I found two clumps where all the flower scapes had produced twins.  I took specimens and they have never done it since!  Nor did I ever again find the original clumps.
   
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Re: Galanthus February 2021
« Reply #6 on: February 08, 2021, 10:47:35 AM »

Galanthus 'Sutton Courtenay'

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Re: Galanthus February 2021
« Reply #7 on: February 08, 2021, 12:39:08 PM »
Last minute, so I am posting it here.  Forumist Tim Ingram will be speaking on snowdrops tomorrow evening: https://ngs.org.uk/shop/online-events/the-allure-of-snowdrops-live-online-talk-with-tim-ingram-tuesday-9th-february-7-00pm/
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Re: Galanthus February 2021
« Reply #8 on: February 08, 2021, 01:01:32 PM »
Last minute, so I am posting it here.  Forumist Tim Ingram will be speaking on snowdrops tomorrow evening: https://ngs.org.uk/shop/online-events/the-allure-of-snowdrops-live-online-talk-with-tim-ingram-tuesday-9th-february-7-00pm/

Still time  to book for this talk - with a £10 donation to the National Garden Scheme - Tim and Gillian usually  open their  garden forthe  Scheme, but  of  course .....covid happened!
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Re: Galanthus February 2021
« Reply #9 on: February 09, 2021, 10:28:48 AM »
´John Long´

'John Long' is one of my favourites. It has increased quite slowly but it is so pretty when it flowers.
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Re: Galanthus February 2021
« Reply #10 on: February 09, 2021, 07:22:41 PM »
Booked for this talk but unfortunately the link I was sent does not work.  Hope I get my £10. back.
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Re: Galanthus February 2021
« Reply #11 on: February 09, 2021, 09:23:12 PM »
Eventually found an email to message and was sent another link.  I'll get the hang of these Zoom talks yet.  It's not always obvious who to contact if things don't work.
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Re: Galanthus February 2021
« Reply #12 on: February 10, 2021, 09:34:39 AM »
Diggory



and Trymposter
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Re: Galanthus February 2021
« Reply #13 on: February 10, 2021, 02:45:13 PM »
'John Long' is one of my favourites. It has increased quite slowly but it is so pretty when it flowers.
Here it´s a good doer, perhaps it likes my heavy soil.
This yellow Galanthus nivalis originated in Berlin and shows an excellent colouring right from the start, even in the green house, where others flowering now look a bit greenish: ´Frohnauer Gold´.


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Re: Galanthus February 2021
« Reply #14 on: February 10, 2021, 05:22:28 PM »
Nice Yellow Mariette. I know what you mean about the greenish ones.

This little seedling is a bit of a curiosity… The label suggests it is Sandersii x Bertram Anderson. However, maybe nature beat me to pollinating its mother? My guess for the F1 of this cross would have been a large green flower. (Another possibility, of course, is that I mixed up the labels.)

Either way, its appearance was a pleasant surprise.

Tim DH

 


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