Autumn-Season 2008 begins

[Brian Ellis]

Indeed I have Chris, just wondering why that started off so early when the others have yet to come

[snowdropman]

just wondering why that started off so early when the others have yet to come

Brian, I too was greatly intrigued as to why your 'Tilebarn Jamie' should have burst into full flower in the first half of September - the only answer I could come up with was through a combination of location & how you were growing it.

You were growing it in a lattice pot in shade by the side of your house, where it was not only naturally colder than other parts of your garden because of the lack of sunshine but with the cold & wet weather we were having it was even colder than normal (particularly at night). Being in a pot, rather than in the ground, it would have been more sensitive to this colder temperature & this probably tricked 'Tilebarn Jamie' into thinking that it was autumn & kick started it early out of its dormancy.

[Brian Ellis]

Chris, an excellent explanation, I feel sure you must be correct.  It probably won't happen again!  Many thanks.
Brian

[art600]

Not sure what happened here - possibly I bought some bulbs at a plant sale that were incorrectly labelled.

Certainly not Sternbergia, and it will be interesting to see if they are peshmenii or reginae-olgae.  I think it was a bargain even though not what I thought I had bought.   

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Life is full of surprises Art !!

[Hans J]

Art -wow 

it seems you have new species of Sternbergia 

is this maybe Stern. candida autumn flowering form

Congratulation
Hans

[Hagen Engelmann]

A VIRIDAPICE of the autumn season

[Gerard Oud]

I do see the first one's in flower, i just planted the last today.

[Hagen Engelmann]

Thought, an autumn flowering Snowdrop with green tips and bright green inner tepales would be a plant of interest? No joke, the pic is from yesterday.

[Hagen Engelmann]

Gerard, fields of Snowdrops in my garden. It`s my dream the whole long winter!

[Maggi Young]

Well, Hagen, it was of interest to ME! 
I meant to ask you, but went off to something else (  )  if such a flower was rare? I thought these greentips were from the spring-flowering type??

[mark smyth]

Hagan, fingers crossed for next year! Hopefully it will stay green tipped. There is a green-tipped flower in the snowdrop book.

[Gerard Oud]

Sorry Hagen,
I was so busy yesterday, that i forgot to give a reply on that very beautiful green tipped autumn flowering snowdrop.
I hope too it stays the same next year, but this one is not flowering for the first time is it?

[Brian Ellis]

Very nice addition to Autumn flowering snowdrops Hagen.  How's the twin-scaling coming along?

[Hagen Engelmann]

May I offer you a little bit more autumn green?