Galanthus February 2010

[ian mcenery]

Ian, two lovely clumps but the 'Colesbourne Colossus' is particularly good - and you have nice soft weather it would also seem as I see the water dripping off your snowdrops.

Paddy

A soft day as you say in the emerald Isle is probably a little warmer than here today. The temperature is about plus 1 but feels much colder brrrrh Dank I think would describe the atmosphere

I think you are right you are well ahead of us over here. Still I suppose it will take only a few days to catch up if the weather warms up here

[Gerard Oud]

Is this one going to be yellow or not?

Sandersii Blackthorne

[mark smyth]

It looks like it will be yellow

[Tony Willis]

unfortunately my twin petalled Galanthus elwesii/gracilis which was going to make my fortune has reverted this year to a normal three petalled one. However the one with six outer petals and five inner ones has remained stable.From the side it  looks like a leucojum in flower A couple of pictures of it below.

[mark smyth]

Wow. I'll be first in line please

[Michael J Campbell]

I found a nice elwesii (I think) with four outer petals in a garden centre in New Ross Co.Wexford yesterday. Too wet today to take a pic,maybe tomorrow.

[Martin Baxendale]

Very nice, Tony.

[Paddy Tobin]

Tony, A beautiful plant.

Paddy

[ArneM]

Paddy, what a wide range of snowdrops! Always stunning to see them in such huge clumbs.

Temperatures are rising here at the Lower Rhine, so my first snowdrop pictures of the year will be posted shortly.

[ichristie]

 Hi superb piotures and some very interesting snowdrops, Gerard I have the G. sandersii from Blackthorn not yet showing flower but will send a picture when it comes out, cheers Ian the Christie kind.

[KentGardener]

Tony - I know that feeling   

I collected 2 different 4 petal forms in 2008. Last year one of them didn't flower and the other was 3.5 petals.  This year the non flowerer is 3 petals and the 3.5 is 3.5 again (quite an ugly thing really  ).

I spotted a 2 petal one in a friends garden in 2009 and am waiting to hear what it gets up to this year.

Good to see your 5 petal'er is at least behaving itself this year.      A nice fat looking thing too.    

I wonder what 2011 has in store for you.   

[Brian Ellis]

Very nice Tony, well done.  Always a relief when they start to behave as you want them too.  It's overall flower-shape is very attractive.

[Tony Willis]

thank you for the comments.All I need now is for it to stay stable and start having offsets.

[Hans A.]

Congratulations Tony, very interesting find!

[Paddy Tobin]

Paddy, what a wide range of snowdrops! Always stunning to see them in such huge clumbs.

Temperatures are rising here at the Lower Rhine, so my first snowdrop pictures of the year will be posted shortly.

Hi Arne,

Good to see you on the forum again - absent for a while!

Looking forward to seeing your photographs. Your snowdrops are just coming into flower here and looking very well.

Paddy