SRGC Galanthus Poll - in your top 5

[Martin Baxendale]

Have a good look.... not two flowers but three to the scape......... .

Exactly.

[KentGardener]

She is beautiful what ever her heritage is 

Hans - do please tell us what is her family name?

Cheers

John

[Maggi Young]

You know, I thought that maybe it was this :



but I'm  wrong......


Thank you, Ann, for alllowing me to use the photo!

[Maggi Young]

..... even though it looks like this.......it is really........



poculiform galanthus and........

[galanthophile]

No problem Maggie. What a beautiful snowdrop. Not long until the season starts

[Hagen Engelmann]

Maggi, another non-poculiform Galanthus. Without any inner tepales.

[mark smyth]

Hagan's snowdrop---- resized to avoid the need for scrolling

[KentGardener]

Hagen,

have you been carefully removing the inners with tweezers?   





(Sorry - I couldn't resist joking). 

John

[Hans J]

Hi all ,

I have to clear up my joke from yesterday :

this is not a poculiform Galanthus -it is Acis tingitana 

for more pics look here :
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=2784.0

[Hagen Engelmann]

Hans, deswegen hab ich ja auch eins ohne Innereien eingestellt. (mine is also without inner segments, Hans)

[Hagen Engelmann]

John, I can work like a chirurg/surgeon .

[Brian Ellis]

Yes Hans the flowers all from one scape were a bit of a giveaway

[Tim Harberd]

Thanks for your pooled knowledge folks.

The clear winner is Merlin with 4 votes.

The other top 5s got two votes.

2 plicatus 'Three Ships'
2 Primrose Warburg
2 plicatus 'Wendy's Gold'
2 Mighty Atom

Since I don't grow any of these its useful info!!

Tim DH

[Brian Ellis]

Those who are not members of the Cottage Garden Society may be interested in the result of their poll - 93 entries listing 210 varieties

Top Ten

1. S.Arnott - 42 votes
2. Trym - 32
3. Augustus - 29
4. Wendy's Gold - 28
5. John Gray - 26
6. Mrs Macnamara 25
7. Diggory - 23
7. Magnet - 23
9. G. nivalis - 17
10. Merlin - 15
10. Lady Elphinstone - 15

runners up 14 - Three Ships, Mrs Thompson
13 Primrose Warburg, Lapwing, South Hayes
12 Blewbury Tart, Lady Beatrix Stanley
11 G. gracilis
10 Bill Bishop, Hil Poe, G. reginae-olgae, St Anne's, Galatea

A most interesting result I thought, showing the value of the older plants.