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mark smyth

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Re: Galanthus March 2010
« Reply #15 on: March 01, 2010, 08:54:23 PM »
Warren I dont know what causes variegation. I have a Dactylorhiza that I hope comes back this year with variegated leaves.
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Re: Galanthus March 2010
« Reply #16 on: March 01, 2010, 09:24:28 PM »
All my elwesii Green Tip have gone wrong this year
Heffalump x2
Little John - possible my top snowdrop
Mandarin - hasnt multiplied since I got it. Still only 2 bulbs ???
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Re: Galanthus March 2010
« Reply #17 on: March 01, 2010, 10:06:20 PM »
You'll have everyone lining up for that last one Warren if its stable!

Hi Gail

I take it stable means...shows the same signs the following year...
That's right, I wasn't thinking horses.  Variegated leaves can be a sign of virus but then you usually get irregular blotches/streaks, sometimes accompanied by distortions etc.  The leaves in your picture looked as though it was a more regular variegation like you see in hostas etc.  These are termed chimeras and usually arise as spontaneous mutations.  There are various different types with periclinal chimeras being the most stable.  (I need to look out my college notes!)  I think there was another example on the forum recently but I must be searching with the wrong word.
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Re: Galanthus March 2010
« Reply #18 on: March 01, 2010, 10:12:42 PM »
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Re: Galanthus March 2010
« Reply #19 on: March 01, 2010, 10:17:51 PM »
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Re: Galanthus March 2010
« Reply #20 on: March 01, 2010, 11:02:20 PM »
Mark,my Mandarin is exactly the same ,still only the one,bought in 2005
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Re: Galanthus March 2010
« Reply #21 on: March 01, 2010, 11:04:45 PM »
Mark,my Mandarin is exactly the same ,still only the one,bought in 2005
Similar story here.  Slowly increased to three bulbs - gave one away - and the two remaining are just sitting there as two and not really doing much at all.   :-\
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Re: Galanthus March 2010
« Reply #22 on: March 01, 2010, 11:06:53 PM »
Very similar to mine
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Re: Galanthus March 2010
« Reply #23 on: March 01, 2010, 11:31:25 PM »
There seem to be these variegated elwesii in most garden centres. I suspect it is caused by some fiendish treatment and not its genes.
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Re: Galanthus March 2010
« Reply #24 on: March 02, 2010, 10:53:43 AM »
This little tiny double was given to me by my Aunt in Newcastle upon Tyne,it hasn't a name that i know off,the flower never bows its head it all ways stays facing sideways.
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Re: Galanthus March 2010
« Reply #25 on: March 02, 2010, 12:31:22 PM »
My first yellow, Wendy's Gold.  Interestingly, the blossoms are always wide open.  Is this typical for the cultivar?
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Re: Galanthus March 2010
« Reply #26 on: March 02, 2010, 01:03:48 PM »
Hi James

My Wendys Gold does not open as much as your one - but then I do not get direct sun in my garden during the winter.  Here is a picture I took of one of my Wendy's Gold yesterday afternoon.
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Re: Galanthus March 2010
« Reply #27 on: March 02, 2010, 01:06:50 PM »
Davey your snowdrops look very like nivalis Blewbury Tart
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Re: Galanthus March 2010
« Reply #28 on: March 02, 2010, 01:11:47 PM »
Another couple in the garden yesterday.

reginae-olgae ssp vernalis

'Curly'
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Re: Galanthus March 2010
« Reply #29 on: March 02, 2010, 01:14:01 PM »
Jamie,

I thought your 'Wendy's Gold' looked a little green rather than yellow. I am  posting a photograph from earlier in the week for comparison. Perhaps one photograph was taken in full sun and another in shade of the plants were grown in different conditions.


Davey, your snowdrop certainly looks very like 'Blewberry Tart' as Mark has just suggested. A nice interesting snowdrop.

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