Galanthus mid February to March 2007

[Maggi Young]

I know I am going to regret this, will I never learn?......Doesn't that G. plicatus 'Augustus' look very like 'Diggory'?

[Anthony Darby]

If you close your eyes and look the other way Maggi, they are identical . Actually, 'Diggory' look like a squashed 'Augustus' - as if the tip of the flower has been slightly pressed onto a flat surface.

[Maggi Young]

what about the inner markings, do they differ or is the flat bottom really the only difference?
(sorry for delay in follow up question, I was watching "Lewis" on telly,I love a whodunnit !

[Anthony Darby]

Not sure: I think they are similar?

[Maggi Young]

Well, if Mark's snowie mugshot 'book' is  correct, they don't look much the same at all!
See these two pix:
http://www.snowdropinfo.com/plicatus-augustus.html

http://www.snowdropinfo.com/plicatus-diggory.html

I knew I shouldn't have asked

Going back to Alan b's "Spots" on a previous page... Galanthus mid February to March 2007
« Reply #56 on: Today at 09:56:03 AM »

Don't they look very like the one I like the sound of, 'Gloucester Old Spot' ?...compare them to Mark's pic :
 http://www.snowdropinfo.com/nivalis-gloucester-old.html

[Anthony Darby]

Well spotted Maggi.

[Maggi Young]

Anthony, I'm tempted to add Punmaster General to your title!
I see that Martin B is online, he may give us the benefit of his snowie wisdom re Diggory etc ?

[David Quinton]

From the outside 'Diggory' and 'Augustus' do look similar. I happen to prefer 'Augustus' over 'Diggory' which is very convenient given the price and availability of the latter. You can look at it as 'Augustus' being a poor man's 'Diggory' until you look inside of course!

[Thomas Huber]

No cultivars, but species from Turkey.
The one in the foreground has strange longitudinal grooves all over
the leaves. In the background Galanthus krasnovii.

[Martin Baxendale]

Maggi, sorry I missed your invite to join in the Diggory/Augustus discussion late last night. I just logged on for a minute or two before bed. I've almost forgotten what snowdrops look like this year, so busy with work and little time to get out in the garden or anyone else's garden. Diggory has a rather more solid green inner mark, while Augustus is more X-shaped. But you never need the marking to tell them apart. As Anthony says, Diggory is very flat-bottomed like it's been squashed down onto a surface, completely unique. They do both have similar textured 'bobbly' outer petals, and sometimes Augustus does look a bit like it;s trying to be Diggory (for the extra dosh). I'm not convinced it's the most beautiful snowdrop in the world, but many galanthophiles are.

[Anthony Darby]

Your 'strange' snowdrop is interesting Thomas. Any ideas? Which part of Turkey?

[David Shaw]

Last summer/autumn we decided on a new crevice bed in part of the garden but after starting construction the work kept getting put off for various very good reasons.During the 'put off' period old compost kept being stockpiled on a piece of ground alongside; the ground contained some snowdrops, but the compost was going to be used long before they started growing - recognise the scenario?
Today, on holiday, we finished the crevices and used the compost. Whilst shifting the compost we came across snowdrops with the expected yellow leaves but also IN FLOWER underground! A new way of explaing that bit of bare ground to visitors but somehow I don't see it catching on.

[KentGardener]

David - you should take some pictures and sell them quickly on ebay as a new rare yellow form - you could make a fortune...

[mark smyth]

Thomas the only snowdrop with lines/furrows on the leaves, I believe, is G. koenenianus.

What conditions do you give krasnovii? How long have you had it? I think mine should be outside rather than a pot

[Anthony Darby]

Mark, krasnovii likes soil than doesn't dry out. Mine are in the garden and one clump is just out (west facing) the other (south facing) is just poking through the soil.