Galanthus March 2010

[Martin Baxendale]

Lovely garden Jo! Just wish they had given you the whole 30 minute programme; it would have been nice to have a tour of your cyclamen collection.  Agree with Maggi that the willows are stunning.

I'll second that! A whole programme of Jo's garden would have been a great bit of gardening television - much better than what they filled the rest of the programme with. Cliche after cliche and .... I can't be bothered to dissect all the cr*p.

[galanthophile]

Stunning! I bet everyone will want one like that...!

[johnw]

Just a few shots of nivalis Flore Plena in the garden today.  Common but vigorous and always healthy.

johnw

[johnw]

Lastly showing the variation to be found in a bag of nivalis Viridapice.

johnw - 14c and sunny, unprecedented weather for March.

[Alan_b]

Nice, John, but you've lost a year.  This is the 2009 thread.

edit by Maggi.... not  not it isn't!!  

edit by Alan....well it was!!  Thanks for sorting this out, Maggi.

[johnw]

Well at least I wasn't in Crocus.

Perhaps Maggi can straighten me out.

johnw

[Maggi Young]

Well at least I wasn't in Crocus.

Perhaps Maggi can straighten me out.

johnw

What can I tell you.......

[KentGardener]

Spent an enjoyable 8 hours at the AGS Rainham show today.  Only one snowdrop on show    but it was a very nice potfull of 'Virescens'      (it got a well deserved 'first')

A great day - met loads of interesting people, including the two Lucs.  

[Alan_b]

Mmm, that virescens is nice!

[Gail]

A question - or I may just be musing online...

On my way back from Beth Chatto's on Thursday I stopped at another nursery and they were selling pots of snowdrops five bulbs for £2.50.  They were labelled Galanthus nivalis but definitely weren't, most pots contained a mix of different forms, some were clearly G. gracilis or at least hybrids of, there were a few bright green leaves and some which caught my eye as they were perfect miniature, fairy-like snowdrops, just 4-5cm tall with applanate leaves only just emerging.

I really wanted one of the fairies but given that they weren't what they were labelled as, thought that they were probably wild dug bulbs and therefore illegal so didn't like to buy them.  The owner wasn't around and I didn't feel up to asking the salesgirl about origins - I've had fairly convoluted conversations there before about incorrectly named reticulatas.

I don't think there is a question after all but I'd be interested in other people's thoughts.

[Herminarik]

Good evening, just a few pictures of snowdrops I founded today in the nature. I was very surprised I have found a yellow form (f. lutescens) in nature. Igor

[johnw]

Good evening, just a few pictures of snowdrops I founded today in the nature. I was very surprised I have found a yellow form (f. lutescens) in nature. Igor

Igor - You must be pleased. Such a rewarding day you've had, three in one day is pretty impressive.

johnw

[KentGardener]

All three very pretty drops Igor.  Well done for seeing them in nature.  You have an observant eye.   

[fredg]

Yup...... it's a snowdrop.

[johnw]

What can I tell you.......
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Almost nothing at my age, thoroughly inattentive these days.

johnw