Galanthus in February 2019

[Marie-Rose N]

Last week the Galanthus nivalis 'Spetchley Yellow' showed the tip of the nose in the garden under the snow.

[David Lowndes]

Great picture. It looks like a strong grower.

[Mariette]

Really beautiful, Marie-Rose. Not only the yellow snowdrop piercing through the snow, but the whole scenery of plants!

[Blonde Ingrid]

A definite Andy Byfield theme to this morning's patrol.

First 'Andrea's Fault', a stunning dark green virescent. This variety is increasing very well (three clumps now), it is therefore approaching the standard of the best virescent. in my view, 'Morgana'. Performance in terms of vigour and garden worthiness are key for me, so this certainly makes my 'Great Eight' of virescents.



Next, 'Tall, Dark & Handsome', a dark green gracilis with gorgeous markings.



Next, continuing the dark green theme, 'Twister', another of Andy's. Named for it's cavorting leaves, reminiscent of H.R. Giger. It is a stunning drop with a lovely & shape and very vigorous!



Finally, the amusingly named 'Ladyboy' I have no wish to investigate the origin of the name! It has lovely dark green inner markings.

[Leena]

Hi Leena, I have only shown a small fraction of my yellows, there are plenty more to come.

I'm always looking forward to seeing pictures of snowdrops.

Marie-Rose, also I liked your picture.
How does 'Spetchley Yellow' compare to other yellow G.nivalis? The name was new to me.

[Tim Harberd]

Hi There,
   This little seedling amused me today.. The petals are so tightly ‘spooned’ it reminded me of the lip on a slipper orchid.

Tim DH

[Johan K.]

Galanthus nivalis 'Anglesey Abbey'

Galanthus 'Snowfox'

Galanthus 'Primrose Warburg'

[Blonde Ingrid]

More yellows this morning.

First up, an absolute belter and very rare, Rumenoglavi, a gorgeous nivalis from Joze Bavcon's University Gardens Ljubljana. A lovely shape and colour which is bulking well, several additional bulbs! A delightful addition to my yellow collection.



Dryad Gold Nugget, still looking wonderful. I like the yellows with the pale olive inner marks.



Spetchley Yellow, a gift from my chum Guy.



Sandersii GP, sourced from Ian Christie, again, rapidly increasing and looking lovely in the early sunshine.



Golden Fleece, lasting well and looking more vaguely yellow this year, Not in my top 15 yellows.

[Hagen Engelmann]

four fine pure nivalis i-pocs from the continent ...

PUMPOT
DUO
LADY PUTMAN
VALENTIN'S DAY

[Hagen Engelmann]

a big gracilis with long claws and green shoulders too

[Hagen Engelmann]

always one of our first virescens: GRÜNER FRÜHAUFSTEHER

[Anne Repnow]

Last week the Galanthus nivalis 'Spetchley Yellow' showed the tip of the nose in the garden under the snow.

That is a wonderful photo! I didn't know this drop - very good looking in the snow

[Anne Repnow]

A bit of warmth and sunshine today and some drops showed their best:

An annamed elwesii-find that has been done very well over the years
G. plicatus 'Golden Fleece'
G. 'Epiphany'  - a little out of sync as usual here

[Mariette]

Your unnamed G. elwesii is a very remarkable one, Anne, with such nice corresponding marks at the base of the inners and outers as well!
And ´Golden Fleece´looks really breathtaking! I haven´t seen it so golden yet!

[Anne Repnow]

Yes - I like the elfin face on the elwesii, too.
Re Golden Fleece: I think it needs the right soil and location. Seems to be happy with me