Spindlestone Surprise/Primrose Warburg

[mark smyth]

answers on a postcard to Mark's house ....

I be stooped. One of these is Spindlestone Surprise and the other is Primrose Warburg randomly selected from their clumps. I did know which was which then put both in to one hand - doh!

[annew]

According to the marks, SS should be on the right. I don't really want to go and look at all my flowers, because I'm pretty sure they will be variable.

[johngennard]

You really need both, they are distinct! And there is not much choice else of yellow good doers.

With so much controversy over these two snowdrops I am at a loss to understand how anyone can state that they are DISTINCT.I have a sizeable clump of each one purposely grown cheek by jowl and there is no discernible difference.Both clumps are vigourus and bulk up equally well.Any differences if any can be put down to natural variation and like many of the recently named varieties it is a nonsense that they should be grown under different names.

[annew]

I tend to sympathise, John. A DNA test would be handy - if they are different clones, what then? Odd that some people say that one or the other variety does better for them. It may be horses for courses and you've just been lucky that they both like you!

[johngennard]

A few pics.of P.Warburg     'Wendy's Gold' and Spindlestone surprise taken today and in situ.

[annew]

Is the first one Wendy's Gold? It seems to have  much larger mark on the inners, and plicate leaves.
The others have not a hair between them.

[Alan_b]

I agree, Anne; the first picture shows neither Primrose Warburg nor Spindlestone Surprise.

[Thomas Seiler]

On the other three pictures the plants really look like the same and I could not distinguish them. In my own garden it is easy: 'Primrose Warburg' is of a good yellow whereas 'Spindlestone Surprise' of a greenish yellow.

[johngennard]

Well spotted Anne,it is Wendy's Gold.Sorry about that,I got the postings mixed up  when choosing the resized images.

[mark smyth]

I have never seen so many Primrose Warburg and Spindlestone Surprise in one place

[annew]

I suppose we could call them Primrose Surprise?

[annew]

Well spotted Anne,it is Wendy's Gold.Sorry about that,I got the postings mixed up  when choosing the resized images.

I've heard people say Wendy's Gold is not a good plant - you pictures disprove that.

[MR GRUMPY]

I have never seen so many Primrose Warburg and Spindlestone Surprise in one place

I agree Mark
 The yellow world is 

[johngennard]

I have never seen so many Primrose Warburg and Spindlestone Surprise in one place

I've heard people say Wendy's Gold is not a good plant - you pictures disprove that.

The clump of Wendy's Gold was only planted 4yrs.ago as divisions from another clump elsewhere in the garden and the clumps of P.W and S.S. had 30 bulbs extracted from each last year to form clumps in other places in the garden.I think my heavy clay soil must suit them although I must add that it has had tons of humus added over the 48 yrs.that I have been here.

[RichardW]

Amazing 

the leaves on Wendy's Gold here always look a little sick, I'm also on heavy clay and have always struggled with yellows & now only grow in lattice pots.