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Bulbs => Galanthus => Topic started by: Matt T on September 11, 2014, 11:00:28 AM

Title: Galanthus in September 2014
Post by: Matt T on September 11, 2014, 11:00:28 AM
A new acquisition from Kurt this year is this precocious Galanthus peshmenii.

Title: Re: Galanthus in September 2014
Post by: Maggi Young on September 11, 2014, 11:34:11 AM
Looking good, Matt - very healthy.
Title: Re: Galanthus in September 2014
Post by: Mavers on September 11, 2014, 02:22:52 PM
Looks lovely Matt.............the sign of things to come 8)
Title: Re: Galanthus in September 2014
Post by: Brian Ellis on September 11, 2014, 05:10:05 PM
Great start to the season!
Title: Re: Galanthus in September 2014
Post by: Hagen Engelmann on September 11, 2014, 06:02:17 PM
It is real early. Guys, the autumn season is open  ;) :D :)
Title: Re: Galanthus in September 2014
Post by: freddyvl on September 14, 2014, 08:04:21 AM
As Hagen said 'the season is open', at least in the West ! G. r.-o. 'Blanc de Chine', the first snowdrop to flower here in the open garden.
" An albino form with the tiniest dots on occasion".
Title: Re: Galanthus in September 2014
Post by: pehe on September 14, 2014, 08:31:01 AM
Beautiful Freddy!

1. The first Galanthus 'Reginae Olgae' has opened in my garden.
2. More to follow...

Poul
Title: Re: Galanthus in September 2014
Post by: Hagen Engelmann on September 15, 2014, 06:40:37 PM
Freddy, Poul, you can be happy ;), here in the East part of Germany, we have to wait :(.
But your pics bring joy to us too :D.
We have learned to wait.
Title: Re: Galanthus in September 2014
Post by: ruben on September 15, 2014, 06:45:35 PM
That's a very nice reginae olgae CV Freddie! Definitly one for the wish list  ;D
Title: Re: Galanthus in September 2014
Post by: Hagen Engelmann on September 16, 2014, 06:20:53 PM
Saw two noses of G ro this morning :), we are on the way also....
But now, after work, it is dark.
Weekend will bring more impressions...
Heartbeat has a higher frequency now :)
I need it, I love it!!!
Title: Re: Galanthus in September 2014
Post by: Melvyn Jope on September 16, 2014, 07:10:26 PM
First nose of Galanthus peshmenii O.S.792 this morning, nothing yet on G.r-o's.
Title: Re: Galanthus in September 2014
Post by: mark smyth on September 16, 2014, 07:43:44 PM
No sign of my peshmeniis or reginae-olgaes. Especially looking forward to my r-o 'Ruby Baker' which is now four bulbs
Title: Re: Galanthus in September 2014
Post by: ashley on September 16, 2014, 08:14:16 PM
But now, after work, it is dark.
Weekend will bring more impressions...
Heartbeat has a higher frequency now :)
I need it, I love it!!!

 ;D ;D ;D
The season of forays to garden and greenhouse by torchlight is fast approaching.
Title: Re: Galanthus in September 2014
Post by: freddyvl on September 19, 2014, 04:05:58 PM
G. reginae-olgae subsp. reginae-olgae (and his varieties) has a reputation for not being very cold-hardy but this is in our opinion not the case. It already survived temperatures of -15 to -20°C in our garden (sandy soil) under a layer of leafmould. Picture: a very early flowering clone each year in the garden !
Title: Re: Galanthus in September 2014
Post by: Blonde Ingrid on September 21, 2014, 10:39:07 AM
Checked the resting bulbs bunker (rural Essex) this morning as usual!

The great news is that 'Remember Remember' is just breaking surface! A great acquisition this year from Glen Chantry.

And so it begins again...
Title: Re: Galanthus in September 2014
Post by: johnralphcarpenter on September 21, 2014, 12:31:57 PM
Galanthus peshmenii flowering here.
Title: Re: Galanthus in September 2014
Post by: mark smyth on September 21, 2014, 01:21:03 PM
G. r-o AS24329 is now up and open in the garden. 'Cambridge' is up but not open
Title: Re: Galanthus in September 2014
Post by: pehe on September 21, 2014, 04:30:52 PM

1. The first Galanthus 'Reginae Olgae' has opened in my garden.
2. More to follow...

Poul

An update

Poul
Title: Re: Galanthus in September 2014
Post by: Matt T on September 23, 2014, 08:27:59 AM
Just back from 10 days away and so much has moved on in the garden! This Galanthus reginae-olgae is also a new one for me this year, from Anne Wright.
Title: Re: Galanthus in September 2014
Post by: mark smyth on September 26, 2014, 10:50:19 AM
The first G. r-o 'Ruby Baker' is up and has NO green tips
Title: Re: Galanthus in September 2014
Post by: emma T on September 26, 2014, 03:59:41 PM
Is it a small immature bulb ?
Title: Re: Galanthus in September 2014
Post by: mark smyth on September 26, 2014, 08:38:09 PM
Wouldn't have thought so. My original bulb is now four. Time will tell when the rest come up
Title: Re: Galanthus in September 2014
Post by: freddyvl on September 28, 2014, 10:16:39 AM
The Galanthus season is definitively started in the garden with reginae-olgae. First a picture of a 'real' r.-o. 'Blanc de Chine' flower and second, particularly for Mark, r.-o. 'Ruby Baker' with not as much green as last year but still with green stripes.
Title: Re: Galanthus in September 2014
Post by: Hagen Engelmann on September 28, 2014, 12:01:29 PM
Top Gr-o cultivars, Freddy.
A Gr-o with green marks on the outers is fine.
In the moment I have only normal G r-o in bloom and the Gp look poor, compared to your pics.

Here is a normal colored Gp with fine globular flowers. 
First picture shows on the left a normal Gr-o flower.
Title: Re: Galanthus in September 2014
Post by: mark smyth on September 28, 2014, 07:29:57 PM
Here's my first Ruby Baker. No sign of the others

Galanthus reginae-olgae AS25329
Title: Re: Galanthus in September 2014
Post by: Hagen Engelmann on September 28, 2014, 08:34:29 PM
Mark, yes.....often the autumn snowdrop loose green markings on the outers. It`s a pity but it happens. Nobody can help you real. I got a lot of these negative experiences.... >:(
Title: Re: Galanthus in September 2014
Post by: Hagen Engelmann on September 30, 2014, 08:16:40 PM
Oh, the autumn season starts very slowly in the Scotch forum.
But why? Nobody likes G peshmenii in UK?
Here are two more seedlings.
Title: Re: Galanthus in September 2014
Post by: Rick Goodenough on September 30, 2014, 08:56:58 PM
Two more stunners from Hagen. Are these from seeds you collected, hybridized or other? Beautiful.
Title: Re: Galanthus in September 2014
Post by: Melvyn Jope on September 30, 2014, 09:18:00 PM
Haha Hagen you know some of us in the UK love G.peshmenii!....both lovely selections.
Title: Re: Galanthus in September 2014
Post by: Brian Ellis on October 01, 2014, 08:25:17 AM
Oh, the autumn season starts very slowly in the Scotch forum.

Lovely peshmenii Hagen, but the first of my 'drops are only just through the ground less than a centimetre.
Title: Re: Galanthus in September 2014
Post by: Hagen Engelmann on October 01, 2014, 09:08:16 AM
Yes Melvyn, I know some of you  ;)

Brian, my bulbs had a lot of dry summer days.
I refreshed them in the first week of September with watering can (weather report only showed sun and sun and sun).
So they are early in blooming.
Title: Re: Galanthus in September 2014
Post by: Maggi Young on October 01, 2014, 09:21:54 AM
I have one peshmenii almost open under glass. Outside there is no sign yet. 

No photo, though - but   I can tell you what it looks like  - a snowdrop  ::) ;)
Title: Re: Galanthus in September 2014
Post by: mark smyth on October 01, 2014, 10:02:50 AM
I have peshmenii also. They grow in the garden and in pots in the greenhouse
Title: Re: Galanthus in September 2014
Post by: art600 on October 01, 2014, 10:11:54 AM
I also grow peshmenii, but none of mine have broken the surface of the pots.  They have received water and today the garden is getting plenty after more than a week without :)

Hagen

I always like seeing your snowdrops - one of your new selections in the main season should be named "Green with Envy" :) ;D :)

Arthur
Title: Re: Galanthus in September 2014
Post by: johnralphcarpenter on October 01, 2014, 10:38:50 AM
Oh, the autumn season starts very slowly in the Scotch forum.
But why? Nobody likes G peshmenii in UK?

See reply #15!
Title: Re: Galanthus in September 2014
Post by: Maggi Young on October 01, 2014, 11:01:34 AM
See reply #15!
  Yes,    http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=12267.msg313066#msg313066 (http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=12267.msg313066#msg313066) - it's a snowdrop - and it  looks just like mine!
Title: Re: Galanthus in September 2014
Post by: johnw on October 01, 2014, 11:42:49 AM
Hagen  - Is peshmenii hardy in the garden there?  I wonder if you rate it hardier or more tender than reginae-olgae.

johnw
Title: Re: Galanthus in September 2014
Post by: Matt T on October 01, 2014, 12:39:45 PM
  Yes,    http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=12267.msg313066#msg313066 (http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=12267.msg313066#msg313066) - it's a snowdrop - and it  looks just like mine!

G. peshmenii also featured in the first post that started this thread  :)
Title: Re: Galanthus in September 2014
Post by: Maggi Young on October 01, 2014, 01:20:41 PM
G. peshmenii also featured in the first post that started this thread  :)

So right, Matt - and showing quite early too.
Title: Re: Galanthus in September 2014
Post by: Brian Ellis on October 01, 2014, 04:50:56 PM
Brian, my bulbs had a lot of dry summer days.
I refreshed them in the first week of September with watering can (weather report only showed sun and sun and sun).
So they are early in blooming.

Yes, I did the same Hagen, but we have had dry weather recently too which has held them back.  We have been away twice in the last month and I was going to give them some more water if I had been at home.  Never mind they will still come up ;D
Title: Re: Galanthus in September 2014
Post by: Hagen Engelmann on October 01, 2014, 06:51:49 PM
Only one diffident question of mine - and 16 replies at one day. Now our autumn snowdrop thread has a good pulsation. In future I will say Scots forum, OK Maggi?  ;)  The only thing I would like to say - If you do not like to wait for a late start of the autumn season (of course of Galanthus),
please try also Galanthus peshmenii (give rain protection im summer), this species is it worth, really!!!

The reply-number makes me happy  :)
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