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Bulbs => Galanthus => Topic started by: Leena on March 01, 2015, 08:06:12 AM
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It is good to know that 'Cowhouse Green' maybe slow. :)
My 'Mrs Macnamara' yesterday, it has doubled since last year.
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Stil like Galanthus 'Diggory ' and from very close they look like this......
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Galanthus plicatus 'Josie'
Galanthus 'Eshter Merton'
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Here is a nice 'ipoc' I found seven years ago but have barely distributed yet. It's called 'Kato', not for some erudite reason but after a fictional character played by Bruce Lee in a TV show from the 1960s. I don't believe the name has been published yet so it's not official I particularly like the shape of its outer petals.
'Kato' is the first of several nivalis ipocs I found over several years, all distinct.
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Mrs _b and I were in Cumbria last weekend and were kindly allowed to view the National Collection of Snowdrops held by Margaret and David MacLennan. Margaret and David have recently relocated their collection from its former home in rural Essex to Carlisle. That must have been a huge task but all the snowdrops appear safe and very well indeed. Her bulb frames, which were spread around her old garden, are now concentrated into one area in the new one. I actually think this makes for a better display and there is certainly less leg-work required to look around.
Over the last few years Margaret has been tremendously helpful to me by acting as a “back-up” for my newly discovered snowdrops. I have given her some bulbs as a safeguard in case something happens to my own stock and not only has she taken care of them but she has chipped one bulb of each so the overall stock is now increased. One of the first bulbs I gave her to care for is the first nivalis inverse poc. that I found ('Kato', featured in my previous post). Because of Margaret’s good-care and skill at chipping she now quite possibly now has more flowering bulbs of 'Kato' than I do!
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I have a pot of 'Lost label'
Could it be Galanthus 'Gerard Parker'?
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I don't think so Arthur, Gerard Parker has an elongated, upside down heart as the main mark with two eyes which sometimes attach to it.
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Here's one for you Maggi ;)
Galanthus Bubble, the flower on the right has a scape that has not got loose from the leaf!
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I don't think so Arthur, Gerard Parker has an elongated, upside down heart as the main mark with two eyes which sometimes attach to it.
Brian
Any suggestion as to what it might be
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Here's one for you Maggi ;)
Galanthus Bubble, the flower on the right has a scape that has not got loose from the leaf!
Oh yes, loving the short and fat!
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A seedling, plicatus or plicatus hybrid, that appeared a few years ago in a crevice between some stones n my rockery. I didn't notice it until it flowered. Scapes are over 30cm high with outers of 4cm. What the photo doesn't show clearly is the pale green smudge towards the ovary. I like the leaves
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Looks a bit like 'Ding Dong' Arthur, ovary looks right.
johnw
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re: Bubble Oh yes, loving the short and fat!
And me too, more than you can imagine! ;)
johnw
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Arthur, it could be Chequers....
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And me too, more than you can imagine! ;)
johnw
I don't need to imagine - I know ! He's in good hands, don't fret!
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Maggie you'd love 'Big Eyes' - its short and fat
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Arthurs snowdrop isn't 'Ding Dong' but could be 'Chequers' but because it looks like it it doesn't mean it is it
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Oh yes, loving the short and fat!
Speaking of which my mind has gone blank on the plump orbicular ones. Ones like Melanie S., Kugelkompakt, Pausbacke, let's call them the Rubenesque ones. They are............ ?
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Arthurs snowdrop isn't 'Ding Dong' but could be 'Chequers' but because it looks like it it doesn't mean it is it
Definitely not Chequers or Ding Dong
Judy's Snowdrops shows Gerard Parker having a mark that is similar if not identical to mine.
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Will have to get back to this one later Arthur as we are off out (again). In a mad rush as the postman has just been with my North Green order, I am told they are packing like mad!
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A couple from a very chilly garden today,where is the 8 degrees we were promised??
Marjorie Brown deciding to move around a little
Boyd's Double,really pleased with it this year, its been a long wait to get it like this
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Chas are you sure you didn't chop Marjorie in half while dormant? :D
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Windy and 11c / 52F is bringing my snowdrop season to an end :'( Not many looking good now. A walk around the garden shows only these looking fresh ... Galadriel, Mini Me, Marjorie Brown, Trymlet, Kildare, Friar Tuck, Timpany Late, Scharlockii, The Linns, Mandarin, Cicely Hall and Gloucester Old Spot.
This weekends temps in the teens / up to 60F will bring snowdrops 2015 to close
Over the last few years my snowdrop season has been getting very short. It suddenly reaches a peak and just as quickly they are gone. Late snowdrops are no longer late
Out of interest what is still in bud in your garden?
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The season of G. 'Three Ships' is over now, also for a G.elwesii monostrictus. All the other snowdrops are in flower. But its cold here in Berlin, day 5 or 6°, night - 1 or -2° ::)
Galanthus 'Modern Art' yesterday :)
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Boyd's Double,really pleased with it this year, its been a long wait to get it like this
Well done Chas, and the secret is?
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The secret is Brian,7 years of growing to get to this stage,I must admit to disturbing them and moving them slightly last year,but that is all,And only one flowered last year,so am very pleased with the result this year
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How deep did you plant them Chas? Margaret Owen once told me the secret for getting them to flower is to plant them deep.
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How deep did you plant them Chas? Margaret Owen once told me the secret for getting them to flower is to plant them deep.
Thanks for that Cyril, it is little tips like these that are invaluable :)
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I think they are about 4 -5 inches down Cyril
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Couple of pictures from yesterday.
'S.Arnott'
'Hill Poe'
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Why is it as soon as we close the weather is always great ::)
Having a nice time doing lots of lifting/splitting which I've not done for a few years. My weird & quite ugly find from a few years ago, it throws up flowers before the leaves, foliage is short and about as attractive as the flowers....
Don't think it has a lot going for it, but it's different!
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Grows well and makes the hearts happy:
HAGEN HASTDUNICHTGESEHN ( short name for the Englishers: HAGEN'S)
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Grows well and makes the hearts happy:
HAGEN HASTDUNICHTGESEHN ( short name for the Englishers: HAGEN'S)
wow :D very nice green !
HAGEN WIRSEHENUNSMORGEN :D
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Has everyone seen Hagen's article - and 'HAGEN HASTDUNICHTGESEHN ' in the February issue of IRG?
http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2015Feb261424987169IRG62.pdf (http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2015Feb261424987169IRG62.pdf) 8)
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Maggie, thanks for this link. Not only an interesting article about Hagen's discoveries but an equally interesting article about Eranthis. I didn't know about Eranthis Smut. Interesting that there is a spraying antidote.
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All sorts of interesting information is provided by the SRGC as part of its committment to disseminating knowledge - the main site http://www.srgc.net/site/ (http://www.srgc.net/site/) leads to all sorts of things - including the route to take out membership to support the work we undertake.
From the main site there are links to all issues of the International Rock Gardener ( http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/index.php?log=international (http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/index.php?log=international) ) and to the Bulb Log and its archive ( http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/index.php?log=bulb (http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/index.php?log=bulb) ).
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Has everyone seen Hagen's article - and 'HAGEN HASTDUNICHTGESEHN ' in the February issue of IRG?
http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2015Feb261424987169IRG62.pdf (http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2015Feb261424987169IRG62.pdf) 8)
thanks maggi :D
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I think they are about 4 -5 inches down Cyril
Thanks for that Cyril, it is little tips like these that are invaluable :)
Thanks Chas. That's fairly deep. Confirms what Margaret had said.
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Grows well and makes the hearts happy:
HAGEN HASTDUNICHTGESEHN ( short name for the Englishers: HAGEN'S)
Has everyone seen Hagen's article - and 'HAGEN HASTDUNICHTGESEHN ' in the February issue of IRG?
http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2015Feb261424987169IRG62.pdf (http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2015Feb261424987169IRG62.pdf) 8)
Fantastic virescent clone Hagen. I have only just seen Maggi's link to the article. Look forward to reading it soon.
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Fantastic virescent clone Hagen. I have only just seen Maggi's link to the article. Look forward to reading it soon.
Goodness me, Cyril, does this mean that you haven't read other issues of IRG, such as the January 2015 issue with Janis Ruksans' descriptions of several new crocus species? :o
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Falling behind. Must catch up.
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Falling behind. Must catch up.
Tee Hee! Too much gallivanting about with snaadreeps!
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A few pictures from what will, I suspect, be our last snowdrop garden visit this year including a nice clump of Primrose Warburg.
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How lovely scenes!! :)
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A few pictures from what will, I suspect, be our last snowdrop garden visit this year including a nice clump of Primrose Warburg.
Another great set of photos from the Sven Nykvist of the SRGC forum! ;)
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A few pictures from what will, I suspect, be our last snowdrop garden visit this year including a nice clump of Primrose Warburg.
"Nice" is an understatement! :o
PW was a new one for me this year, so hoping she'll look like that in a few years...
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plicatus and selections!
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Very special plicatus Galanthus plicatus Kinetic. Not for sale yet. Although there wont be anyone interested in it!
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Green/ish nivalis found last year are rather green again!
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Nice dark green tipped elwesii and Morgana!
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Green/ish nivalis found last year are rather green again!
Call it Green kilometre Gerard and leave the rest to history. Seriously though that is very nice and Kinetic would certainly appeal to the weird and wonderful brigade and it is different enough to be very interesting. Good job.
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Here are two pictures from today at the AGS Loughborough Show,they were submitted to the Joint Rock Committee by Dr Ronald Mckenzie,both on my wish list for some time now
Hugh Mckenzie
Angelina
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Nice to see them Chas, makes my single Hugh Mackenzie (still after 6 years) seem a bit pathetic :-[
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A couple of names if anyone can help all I can read is G. Seag....and G.x Brid from L'boro' yesterday
TIA.
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Galanthus 'Seagull' perhaps - and we heard recently about a 'drops which originated from the Brin garden in Invernesshire - so perhaps it is that?
http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=12859.msg326921#msg326921 (http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=12859.msg326921#msg326921) - see message from Susan H.
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Yes, thanks. Still no name for the other one though.
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.and G.x Brid from L'boro' yesterday TIA.
'Bridesmaid' the only Brid I can think of. Or chance it was Brigadier Mathias?
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I still don't see why it can't be - ex Brin - in other words a snowdrop from Brin - as Susan's plant was - easy enough to mis-write something.... and get Brid instead of Brin....
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Or chance it was Brigadier Mathias?
That one is far more frequently encountered than any of the other suggestions. I'm not sure if 'Brin' has even made it south of the border yet.
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Tee Hee! Too much gallivanting about with snaadreeps!
I must get back to my senses! ;D
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Show season will start soon Cyril, that'll get you thinking straight! ;D ;D
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Galanthus 'Diggory" today :D
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and Hippolytha. Its spring today ;D
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Missed it last year - I was in the bathroom...
(Sorry, couldn't resist that.)
Two beautiful Drops, Irm!
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Some photos from my mixed Galanthus plantings:
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some more:
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Galanthus woronowii seems to like this part of my garden.
Close-up of my best finding: trym-type woronowii
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There was a trym-type woronowii on sale on eBay (UK) last year. I wonder what became of that one?
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There was a trym-type woronowii on sale on eBay (UK) last year. I wonder what became of that one?
...would be interesting to know. Does anybody know more details?
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Can anyone help ? I bought this snowdrop last year in GB at rareplants as 'Pusey green tips'. It isn't, but what is it ??? ;)
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Galanthus 'Atkinsii' ;D
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A late no-name, I think G.elwesii
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Hello to all,
here are some of my findings from this year.
It is not a complete poculiform, although it looks like one.
(http://s12.photobucket.com/user/cephalotus/media/Galanthus%202015/5_zpsrcr7x0sa.jpg.html)
Another one, more incomplete
(http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a206/cephalotus/Galanthus%202015/9_zpszbwqq2pg.jpg)
Interesting looking one, I hope this feature to be stable.
(http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a206/cephalotus/Galanthus%202015/12_zpsqewlipo3.jpg)
Complete poculiform
(http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a206/cephalotus/Galanthus%202015/11_zpsqfsfeq44.jpg)
Nice strong marking.
(http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a206/cephalotus/Galanthus%202015/13_zpsftz3kuih.jpg)
I love those strong dots on inner petals.
(http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a206/cephalotus/Galanthus%202015/16_zpsouwp2gyk.jpg)
Complete poculiform
(http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a206/cephalotus/Galanthus%202015/18_zpsycd2xdec.jpg)
Four petalled one? A real one?
(http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a206/cephalotus/Galanthus%202015/28a_zpsvdi2yvsx.jpg)
A gold nugget. :D My first thought when I saw it.
(http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a206/cephalotus/Galanthus%202015/29_zpssneclgtm.jpg)
Another complete poculiform.
(http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a206/cephalotus/Galanthus%202015/31_zps889obbkq.jpg)
Definitely stable four petalled one, although some biggest ones had 5 petals.
(http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a206/cephalotus/Galanthus%202015/38_zpsrtbxb2jw.jpg)
Nice, elongated petals, I love that one.
(http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a206/cephalotus/Galanthus%202015/39_zpsfpca1tqa.jpg)
That is not all, although, those are most interesting ones.
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A super set of variations, Chris. The poculiforms are glorious!
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I found 7 incomplete (more or less looking complete) poculiform ones and 8 complete poculiform... Once even 4 in one spot. But I couldn't photograph them all together, so I took those two most near to each other. Here is a poor photo:
(http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a206/cephalotus/Galanthus%202015/35%2036_zpszlndqaln.jpg)
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Krzysztof - Great to see you back again. Some great finds you've made there. Catching the Galanthus bug are we? ;)
johnw
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Galanthus 'Atkinsii'
This is 'James Backhouse' which is an 'Atkinsii' type
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Can anyone help ? I bought this snowdrop last year in GB at rareplants as 'Pusey green tips'. It isn't, but what is it ??? ;)
This looks a little bit like 'Edinburgh Ketton' - not saying it is it though
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Mark, you were asking last week if anyone still had Galanthus in bud. These were photographed on Friday but are much further on now.
Galanthus platyphyllus
Galanthus plicatus 'Warham'
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This is 'James Backhouse' which is an 'Atkinsii' type
thanks :D
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This looks a little bit like 'Edinburgh Ketton' - not saying it is it though
This is possible, but it's not in rareplants online-shop ... :)
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Krzysztof - Great to see you back again. Some great finds you've made there. Catching the Galanthus bug are we? ;)
johnw
John, I call it treasure hunting and I intend to do it regularly. :D When I will be rearranging some part of my garden, I will definitely plant there a nice collection of Galanthus forms, found, swapped and bought.
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'Bowles Large' and 'Galadriel' are the only fresh looking snowdrops in the garden :'(. The height difference between all 'Galadriel' is interesting 15 to 35cm / 6 to 14 inches. The flowers also vary in size
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'Bowles Large'
Shouldn't this be 'Bowles large leaf form' Mark?
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I got one from an Open Garden as "Bowles' Giant". So you can forget mere 'large'!
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I have Bowles Big and Bowles Large but will need more land for a Bowles Giant.
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Some snowdrops from my garden.
First 'Lady Elphinstone' flowering for the first time and the markings are yellow in my soil.
'Lerinda', and the small snowdrop on the right is 'Lady Elphinstone'
'Green Light', bright green leaves
'Magnet'
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'Bowles Large' from Margaret Owen
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Not usually a fan of the Baconesque varieties but I am warming to Boyd's Double :o
However, I do love the 'yellows' and Bill Boardman has appeared and is stunning! A resting bulb from Alan Street's Avon list and a real beauty 8)
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'Green Light', bright green leaves
I'm glad that one survived the rigours of it's first winter with you, Leena. I cannot help admiring any picture of it that I see.
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I'm glad that one survived the rigours of it's first winter with you, Leena. I cannot help admiring any picture of it that I see.
Thanks Alan. This winter was not as cold as it could have been, but I hope 'Green Light' now settles well before a very cold and snowy winter comes (hopefully never again). :)
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This is 'Lord Lieutenant', planted last August. The markings don't match to pictures of it, perhaps this is due to it's first year here?
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Hello just found the discussion about Galanthus Brinn this was found at Dick Trotters garden near Inverness about 4 years ago and named Brinn by Catherine Erskine the flowers look like a good G. S. Arnott, cheers Ian the Christie kind
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Hello again Cyril and I went to the castle today to have another hunt around some snowdrops were going over but others superb a few pictures, cheers Ian the Christie kind.
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A few more, Ian
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Hello just found the discussion about Galanthus Brinn this was found at Dick Trotters garden near Inverness about 4 years ago and named Brinn by Catherine Erskine the flowers look like a good G. S. Arnott, cheers Ian the Christie kind
Is there a chance it could be 'S. Arnott'. How different is it?
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I fear there is quite a good chance that 'Brin/Brinn' is a lost and found snowdrop. It has been described a like a stronger version of Atkinsii, which must make it about six feet tall, and like a good S. Arnott, which would make it S. Arnott in my book.
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Hello Mark, I can only say that all these snowdrops including S. Arnott are most likely hybrids with G. plicatus o/k at different times and different places difficult to tell apart, chees Ian the Christie kind
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I fear there is quite a good chance that 'Brin/Brinn' is a lost and found snowdrop. It has been described a like a stronger version of Atkinsii, which must make it about six feet tall, and like a good S. Arnott, which would make it S. Arnott in my book.
Just like 'Compton Court' :-X
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I'm sure Catherine Erskine knows her stuff but none of the comparatives used on the here to describe 'Brin' make any sense to me.
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Yesterday was a cold day because of night rain, so all Snowdrops were closed. I decided to have a last, goodbye walk among those white carpets. I was not expecting to find anything but I just couldn't stop myself from constant searching. In the end I found a clump of complete poculiform, with large flowers. I just wish I could have seen it when all those flowers were opened the day before. Plus there was a clump with still flowers in buds. I forcibly opened one of them and it also was a complete poculiform. It is interesting how much difference in flowering there is between those two plants growing side by side.
I couldn't imagine a better goodbye to the spot, so after that I just went back to my car.
That was my last find for this year:
(http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a206/cephalotus/Galanthus%202015/41_zpsgmqkk1js.jpg)
(http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a206/cephalotus/Galanthus%202015/41a_zpskkjk8ax4.jpg)
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'Bowles Large' and 'Galadriel' are the only fresh looking snowdrops in the garden :'(.
You should come visit me, Mark---every main season snowdrop is fresh looking and most are not blooming yet in the northeastern part of the U.S. Parts of the Boston area still have three feet of snow. You could start the season all over again.
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Galanthomania as viewed from Toronto: http://www.thestar.com/life/2015/03/06/snowdrop-craze-is-here-with-prices-to-match.html (http://www.thestar.com/life/2015/03/06/snowdrop-craze-is-here-with-prices-to-match.html)
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Hello Carolyn, you are welcome to the snow here in the North East of Scotland we are still in mid winter some days bright sunshine todat hard frost and very dull, cheers Ian the Christie kind
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:o Ingrid - I am sending medication by courier, please take it and lie down in a darkened room until this sympathy for deformed flowers passes. This may seem drastic - but it's for your own good :P ::)
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Leena, I love your photos - the composition is lovely and the quality of the lighting lends a charming "extra" to the effect.
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:o Ingrid - I am sending medication by courier, please take it and lie down in a darkened room until this sympathy for deformed flowers passes. This may seem drastic - but it's for your own good :P ::)
Thanks Maggi, but as you know I have vast experience of Baconesque deformed things ;D ;D ;D
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I couldn't possibly comment, Ingrid ........ :-X I will trust you on the odd 'drops meantime!
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Here are my latest findings from today, probably the last ones this spring!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/160399837333841/933413520032465/?notif_t=like (https://www.facebook.com/groups/160399837333841/933413520032465/?notif_t=like)
Do enjoy them ;D
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It seems I have to be accepted to the group to be able to see your finding. :/ I love the set of forms in the photo. :)
I have a question, maybe a bit in a wrong topic. Is there a form of Galanthus nivalis which has normally green leafs and not typical gray-green?
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Leena, I love your photos - the composition is lovely and the quality of the lighting lends a charming "extra" to the effect.
Thanks Maggi. :) We've had now very sunny days and freezing nights, but the snowdrops don't seem to mind the cold, and G.nivalis is still in bud here.
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Is there a form of Galanthus nivalis which has normally green leafs and not typical gray-green?
Green-leaved forms of galanthus nivalis are found amongst some nivalis populations. Although they were once regarded as very rare, I find them too numerous to be of any great interest unless they have some other noteworthy feature. There is a well-known cultivar called 'Anglesey Abbey' which has green leaves and a tendency towards being poculiform. And another one I can think of which modesty forbids me to mention. But AFAIK there is no known flore pleno form with green leaves so be on the look-out for that.
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For Cephalotus:
Here is a pot of an unnamed green-leaved nivalis which I keep:
- To prove my point.
- Because in a garden the green-leaved ones make a pleasant contrast to the others.
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Thank you for your reply Alan. Such green-leafed form would definitely make a nice contrast with other plants, with typically coloured leafs.
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Alan would be referring to his nivalis 'Green Light'
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Sadly it is getting very late in the season and I am perhaps a bit late showing this as it is starting to go over, but I did say I would post a picture to another forumist so here it is. Galanthus 'Twilight' - a gracilis seedling as can be seen from the slight twist to the right hand leaf! I wish I had taken my camera out when it was looking fresher as it looks as though the sun has just hit it with that yellowey receptacle.
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Sadly it is getting very late in the season and I am perhaps a bit late showing this as it is starting to go over, but I did say I would post a picture to another forumist so here it is. Galanthus 'Twilight'
As you said Brian, it is a very nice drop indeed...another one joins Lemongrass on the list ;D ;D
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... And another one I can think of which modesty forbids me to mention.
Alan would be referring to his nivalis 'Green Light'
There I was, however the picture is not 'Green Light', just a 'normal' nivalis with green leaves.
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Sadly it is getting very late in the season and I am perhaps a bit late showing this as it is starting to go over, but I did say I would post a picture to another forumist so here it is. Galanthus 'Twilight' - a gracilis seedling as can be seen from the slight twist to the right hand leaf! I wish I had taken my camera out when it was looking fresher as it looks as though the sun has just hit it with that yellowey receptacle.
Love it!
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Only two fresh looking snowdrops in the garden 'Cicely Hall' and 'Big Eyes' :'( but there is yellow and cream everywhere :D
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Still waiting for a bud to open on 'Lady Elphinstone'. I think she's sulking about being brought so far north!
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Well, if that Lady were related in any way to Bishop Elphinstone (1431 – 1514) founder of Aberdeen University , she shouldn't have a problem! 8)
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/library/about/special/exhibitions/ (http://www.abdn.ac.uk/library/about/special/exhibitions/)
http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/e/williamelphinstone.html (http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/e/williamelphinstone.html)
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Ingrid - Tell us more about G. 'Lemongrass'.
john
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Ingrid - Tell us more about G. 'Lemongrass'.
john
Hi John, you can see the beauty on the following site:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Flete-Walled-Gardens/1536589089919112?sk=timeline&ref=page_internal (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Flete-Walled-Gardens/1536589089919112?sk=timeline&ref=page_internal)
It is just one of Andy Byfield's quite lovely new drops, in my opinion! Andy is the current source of 'Morgana' and will get even more attention due to these stunners 8)
Ingrid
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Thanks for the that. Great name.
john
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G. gracilis 'Lemongrass'
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A brother by another mother? A close up of Twilight..
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Ingrid - some pretty exciting looking snowdrops on that link! My daughter has been hooked on Merlin on tv so 'Morgana' is very topical (maybe this might be a way of getting her more interested in all the plants in the garden... :-\)
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Ingrid - some pretty exciting looking snowdrops on that link! My daughter has been hooked on Merlin on tv so 'Morgana' is very topical (maybe this might be a way of getting her more interested in all the plants in the garden... :-\)
Hi Tim, I would encourage her with Peter Pan and Wendy's Gold...it is a much less painful literary link ;D
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My daughter has been hooked on Merlin on tv so 'Morgana' is very topical...
But not very easy to find, I fear, nor easy on the wallet if you do track her down. Can she not start off with 'Merlin' then maybe 'Mordred'?
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´Lemongrass´and ´Twilight´are both similarly tempting - thanks for the splendid pictures, Mark and Brian!
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Alan, Ingrid - she has very much a mind of her own and a love of all things Japanese, so I will have to introduce her to another realm of plants maybe...
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Hepatica?
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Galanthus elwesii in flower here in pots, also can anyone identify this snowdrop in the second pic? I think it may be elwesii or ikariae.
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7606/16202308524_6e8a9c3547.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/qFK4QY)Galanthus Elwesii (https://flic.kr/p/qFK4QY) by johnstephen29 (https://www.flickr.com/people/126223196@N05/), on Flickr
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7646/16204757823_9c4d623183.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/qFXBWg)image (https://flic.kr/p/qFXBWg) by johnstephen29 (https://www.flickr.com/people/126223196@N05/), on Flickr
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Is that not woronowii, John? That's what it looks like to me although I cannot make out the fine details.
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Three years ago I planted two bulbs of G.lagodechianus. One flowered the next year and last year there were two flowers. Now there are also two flowers but a lot of small leaves. Maybe I should divide it this year?
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Been too busy to post pics the last weeks, so here a recollection of one month snowdrops in the garden.
One of the finest ways to to be treated by nature that is waking up to spring is our huge patch of snowdrops in the lawn. Just need to take a look by the window when I get up to be enchanted by these first signs of spring.
The snowdrops have been flowering for a bit more than a full month.
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They grow everywhere here, not only in sunny locations, but also at the North side of a wall under an elder shrub, or on places that soon will be covered by nettles & bur.
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On warmer sunny days, when walking near the snowdrops the air is sweetly perfumed by the thousands of flowers.
And I end with a close-up of a nice clump growing under a hazelnut tree.
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Me yesterday having a break between the snowdrops ;)
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They look lovely François, ours are now nearly over so it is a treat to see some drifts of snowdrops ;)
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Hi Alan thanks for naming it for me, it's been there awhile and is clumping up nicely.
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This attractive double appeared in my front garden.
Could someone please identify it
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This attractive double appeared in my front garden.
Could someone please identify it
perhaps 'Hippolyta' ???
The latest snowdrop here in my Berlin garden is 'Augustus'. Soon, galanthus-time is over for this year :-[
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The latest snowdrop here in my Berlin garden is 'Augustus'. Soon, galanthus-time is over for this year :-[
Flowering time indeed will be over soon, but aftercare to allow the bulbs to strengthen continues untill the end of May for me. I'll post a pic later of how I do this
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Your snowdrops look beautiful François.
Thank you for taking the time to show us.
Mike
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Browsing these pages can be dangerous. It awakens new desires. My garden is not without snowdrops, below are two pictures from my parents entrance next door. But now that I have seen all the lovely varieties in your pictures I feel that I "need" some more. The wish list is growing fast and I made my first order last week; Samuel Arnot, Elwesii and Viridipices. I wish to add some double, the green leaved woronowii and some late varieties. I have picked out a spot with as much afternoon sun as my garden can muster (I have a tree covered hill to the west) so I get a better chance to see the flowers fully open. [attach=1][attach=2]
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Your snowdrops look beautiful François.
Thank you for taking the time to show us.
Mike
Thank you, i really feel blessed to have them in my garden. And I do my best to make them prosper and spread all over the place. My first Galanthus work for this season was end of November when I mowed the lawn very late to have it short in spring, The result is much better this year than last year when I let the lawn go into the winter without this late haircut.
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Just found this comment in this link (http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/rare-snowdrop-bloom-worth-50-5122457)
Garden Manager Dr Chris Clennett said: "There are snowdrop enthusiasts who will seek out tiny variations in the flowers.
"Although virtually all snowdrops have white flowers with green markings, there are variations in the position, shape and size of the markings that attract these so-called 'galanthophiles'.
"I have heard of individual bulbs exchanged for over £50 for some of these unusual variants."
Dear me, what else does he not understand! ::)
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Gosh, as much as that? ::) ::)
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Just found this comment in this link (http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/rare-snowdrop-bloom-worth-50-5122457)
Garden Manager Dr Chris Clennett said: "There are snowdrop enthusiasts who will seek out tiny variations in the flowers.
"Although virtually all snowdrops have white flowers with green markings, there are variations in the position, shape and size of the markings that attract these so-called 'galanthophiles'.
"I have heard of individual bulbs exchanged for over £50 for some of these unusual variants."
Dear me, what else does he not understand! ::)
Perhaps somebody should tell Dr Clennett that the 'Siege of Mafeking' is now over and that 'Big silver bird in sky' is actually a man made invention to do with flight! ;D
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Reading C. Clennett's book on Erythronium, it was clear that he is less than "au fait" with the plants in cultivation and so I am less surprised than I might otherwise have been ! ::)
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I think it's a tad unfair to blame Dr Clennet for what is basically an appalling piece of journalism by Mirror writers Hayley Coyle & Ben Cusack (aided perhaps by their editor). The quote by Dr Clennet
So, although Wakehurst has relatively common forms of snowdrop, they are still beautiful plants and very much a harbinger of spring.
denies all the ludicrous claims made by theses journalists and is the only bit of good sense in the whole thing.
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This was presented as a quote from C.C. -
"I have heard of individual bulbs exchanged for over £50 for some of these unusual variants."
Smacks to me of the stereotypical out of touch judge having to be told "my Lord, the Rolling Stones are a modern beat combo" :P
As I said, there is evidence in his Erythronium book of his being out of touch with the current situation with species in cultivation etc - I stand by my comment!
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Smacks to me of the stereotypical out of touch judge having to be told "my Lord, the Rolling Stones are a modern beat combo" :P
As I said, there is evidence in his Erythronium book of his being out of touch with the current situation with species in cultivation etc - I stand by my comment!
I quite agree Maggi, it is always the same, very quick to get in the papers but very slow at showing some management. The Press always need managing, usually by giving them the article in electronic form and let them copy it! You certainly need to proof what they put before it goes out.
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"I have heard of individual bulbs exchanged for over £50 for some of these unusual variants."
Smacks to me of the stereotypical out of touch judge having to be told "my Lord, the Rolling Stones are a modern beat combo"
Well both statements are true but both betray a lack of any great expertise on the subject in question. Dr Clennet (whatever his knowledge of Erythroniums) does not purport to be an expert on snowdrops. And don't be too hard on the judge, he/she might understand that court records will endure and can serve as valuable historical documents long after the Rolling Stones have passed out of living memory.
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......long after the Rolling Stones have passed out of living memory.
Never!
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In the cooler part of my garden some Galanthus are out for a late flowering.
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That is a very nice one Thomas, and so much more so for being late season :o
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I agree with Brian. Is it a named cultivar?
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Hello Thomas what a cracker you have something special with that superb green tip better watch you do not catch the snowdrop madness maybe already have this, cheers Ian the Christie kind
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Hi.
I found today a nice snowdrop that I never bought...
I was very surprised!!!
Can anyone help me?
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And here a picture of `Blewburry Tart`:
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Greetings- Daniel
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Wobei können wir Dir helfen de.da., Du hast es doch schon gefunden ?!
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No, Hagen, Daniel is asking about the flower in his first picture.....
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Hi Alan_b, here is the second green leaved Gn with green tips! Called LICHTES GRÜN
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Hi Hagen and Maggi.
Is it possible to assign it to a known type (Sorte)?
Daniel
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Hi Alan_b, here is the second green leaved Gn with green tips! Called LICHTES GRÜN
Oh wow, Hagen, the markings are completely different to those of 'Green Light' making it 100% distinctive. And (if I am translating correctly) you have named it in honour of 'Green Light', which is very kind. Here is a recent picture of 'Green Light' so readers of the forum can make a comparison.
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...Daniel is asking about the flower in his first picture.....
You should always show the leaves if you want an identification but my guess is that it is a form of Galanthus elwesii.
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I agree with Brian. Is it a named cultivar?
No Alan - not a named cultivar, just a plant from a very variable population.
Hello Thomas what a cracker you have something special with that superb green tip better watch you do not catch the snowdrop madness maybe already have this, cheers Ian the Christie kind
Snowdrop madness - me - never !!! They are simply white flowers with green tipps ;D
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Last Snowdrops flowering here
Galanthus platyphyllus
A Galanthus plicatus 'Warham' seedling with very broad leaves
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Hello Alan,
Unfortunately, the leaves were destroyed (of a bird?).
Daniel
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Hi Alan,
I like galanthus with shiny green leaves. LICHTES GRÜN, yes in honour to GREEN LIGHT, is my only one with green lines on the outers.
I hope you can agree with my little word fun?!
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Hi Alan,
I like galanthus with shiny green leaves. LICHTES GRÜN, yes in honour to GREEN LIGHT, is my only one with green lines on the outers.
I hope you can agree with my little word fun?!
"LICHTES GRÜN" is fine by me, Hagen. I had a look through the ICNCP rules (their 2009 publication) and, although I suspect they might not be too enthusiastic, there is no prohibition that I can see on two different names which would mean the same in translation. Better try and publish it quickly to be on the safe side.
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From where I'm sitting, LICHTES GRÜN would translate as Light Green - which is quite different to Green Light.
If you go into a shop and ask for light green paint ....... then you go into another shop to ask for a green light - two entirely different things........
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The dreaded committee may not make such fine distinctions as in Lichtes Grün vs Grünes Licht. They disallowed the local Rhododendron 'Grand Pré' as they felt it would be confused with an azalea called 'Grand Prix'. Maddening.
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And yet we end up with two Primula allionii named 'Jenny'??
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Last Snowdrops flowering here
Galanthus platyphyllus
A Galanthus plicatus 'Warham' seedling with very broad leaves
Very nice G. platyphyllus Roma. I 'm glad to have a batch coming along from wild-collected seed.
G. cilicicus looks as though it will produce a few seeds this year too, whereas my previous efforts with a paintbrush had never been successful.
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Alan, Maggi, JohnW - I agree with you.
In German LICHTES GRÜN means a pale kind of green, but not a green light.
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Yesterday blossomed out first snowdrop - Galanthus plicatus
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Loverly snowdrops roma & natalie, where do you grow your Cilicicus Ashley? Inside or out? I have to grown mine in the greenhouse or it would not survive.
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From where I'm sitting, LICHTES GRÜN would translate as Light Green - which is quite different to Green Light.
If you go into a shop and ask for light green paint ....... then you go into another shop to ask for a green light - two entirely different things........
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I thought garden visits were over some time ago but made a surprise visit yesterday.
1 & 2. Galanthus ‘Neckless Wonder’
3. A seedling NG750
4 & 5 Galanthus ‘Wolfgang’
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A final four.
1 & 2. Galanthus ‘La Boheme’
3 & 4. Galanthus ‘Dumpy Green’
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You can just see the touch of green on the inner surface of the outer tepals in the second picture of 'Neckless Wonder' it hardly showed on the outer surgace at all. A lovely snowdrop now on my wants list ;)
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Brian, David,
thank you so much for your fine pics of the late galanthus with green effects.
I never saw WOLFGANG before, now I have an idea of the plants.
And yes, NECKLESS WONDER is very unusual,
especially the way of the flowers but also the "inner" marks.
Our season here is over now. We have to wait until end of september.
No problem. Anemone, scilla, trillium, hosta, paeonia, allium, hemerocallis are starting.
Last not least some pictures of galanthus:
HAGEN HASTDUNICHTGESEHN in the garden
ADE-LE one of the latest with nice green markings
SPRÖDER ADEL flowers like porcelains
GRÜNER STREIFENTROPFEN
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A few more
KASPER IN GRÜN, a good contrasting flower in dark green and white
SCHALSCHWINGER, a fine curved spatha
NELLY'S NETTES, I got it from a very personal friend
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Still have few flowering still here including this one which is difficult for me
G krasnovii
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Lovely snowdrops Hagen, a treat to see so many :D
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Galadriel is still looking great in my garden which makes it a great addition for extending the season
and a nice surprise ... after years of no flowers my 'Greenish' has 5 flowers
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Brian, David,
thank you so much for your fine pics of the late galanthus with green effects.
I never saw WOLFGANG before, now I have an idea of the plants.
And yes, NECKLESS WONDER is very unusual,
especially the way of the flowers but also the "inner" marks.
Our season here is over now. We have to wait until end of september.
No problem. Anemone, scilla, trillium, hosta, paeonia, allium, hemerocallis are starting.
Last not least some pictures of galanthus:
HAGEN HASTDUNICHTGESEHN in the garden
ADE-LE one of the latest with nice green markings
SPRÖDER ADEL flowers like porcelains
GRÜNER STREIFENTROPFEN
Spröder Adel is very aptly named - a snowdrop with the reserved charme of old gentry!
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Great to see those late flowers in a UK garden
Three snowdrops still looking great - 'Cicely Hall', nivalis 'Virescens' and elwesii 'Galadriel'. 'Virescens' came from ebay as 'Greenish' and hasn't flowered for years
Something from Avon is late flowering. It came as a dormant bulb as 'Sprite'
plicatus 'Timpany Late' with quite dark upper marks
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In a garden over here there is a mixed group of woronowii and ikariae. This is what may be a hybrid between the two.
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Here the snowdrops are now at their peak season this year, though last night it was -11C, I'll see later if that has damaged any of them.
You post so many pictures of lovely green snowdrops that it is impossible to decide which one I like the most, but 'Hagenhastdunichtgesehn' looks great!!
Here are some of my snowdrops from last week
G.nivalis 'Flore Pleno'
'Lady Beatrix Stanley'
Smaller 'Straffan' and taller 'Mrs Macnamara'
'Trymming'
'Washfield Colesbourne', I think this one is going to be one of my favourites
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Good to see fresh snowdrops in Finland, Leena. Here there are only a few left in flower so the season is really coming to an end for us...still only a few months to go before it all starts again ;D
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Thank you Brian.
Here are some more.
The first two are G.plicatus 'Oreanda'
'Ray Cobb' has multiplied from one to three flowers in one year. It is like a small elf.
'Merlin' hasn't multiplied much, I think I have to move it to some other bed.
'Falkland House' which flowers now ok, it was planted in late October 2013 and last year it made a deformed flower. I was expecting it to have bigger flower as I read that is belongs to Mighty Atom group??
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'Viridapice' seems to like it here.
The second picture is from my own G.nivalis seedlings, no special markings but I like the stature of them and they are taller than many unnamed bought nivalis.
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...still only a few months to go before it all starts again ;D
Not quite.............. let me rephrase that "still only a few months to go before it all starts...........
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I thought garden visits were over some time ago but made a surprise visit yesterday.
Some very interesting new snowdrops there, David & Brian, but were you visiting some frost pocket where all snowdrops are late or did you find a sanctuary of unusual late-flowering ones?
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Some very interesting new snowdrops there, David & Brian, but were you visiting some frost pocket where all snowdrops are late or did you find a sanctuary of unusual late-flowering ones?
Just a good collection covering early to late snowdrops some of which are in a woodland setting.
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Some of my new ones for 2015.
Galanthus Aldo Nefat close up (small).jpg
Galanthus Nova Gorica a (small).jpg
Galanthus In The Works 010 (small).jpg
Galanthus nova amore close up (small).jpg
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And a couple of others...
G. 'Minnehaha' is tiny
G. nivalis 'Little Big Horn' I found in Pavenham waiting for the HPS event to open
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Very nice, Minnehaha is very cute!
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Some nice ones there Paul :)
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Some nice ones there Paul :)
Very nice, Minnehaha is very cute!
All good fun for winter! Now the fun is over and I have to get on with some serious growing! And selling..Wisley Spring Flower Show this weekend. I hope it is not minus 1 degrees C like a couple of years ago!
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All good fun for winter! Now the fun is over and I have to get on with some serious growing! And selling..Wisley Spring Flower Show this weekend. I hope it is not minus 1 degrees C like a couple of years ago!
RHS Wisley Plant Fair 27 to 29 March: https://www.rhs.org.uk/gardens/pdf/wisley/Exhibitors-Wisley-Spring-Plant-Fair-2015 (https://www.rhs.org.uk/gardens/pdf/wisley/Exhibitors-Wisley-Spring-Plant-Fair-2015)
Lots to see : edulis.co.uk harperleyhallfarmnurseries.co.uk hardys-plants.co.uk heucheraholics.co.uk jacquesamandintl.com pennardplants.com plantagogo.com pheasantacreplants.co.uk primrosebank.co.uk plantbase.blogspot.co.uk plantheritage.com somethingforthegarden.co.uk talevalleynursery.co.uk
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The last two galanthus in flower in the garden are the poculiform 'Francesca de Grammont' and 'Squire Burroughs', however the garden is beginning to be more colourful with corydalis and this Fritillary raddeanna.
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This page is open to all on Facebook - click to the page https://www.facebook.com/schullhorn (https://www.facebook.com/schullhorn) and scroll down to the "Videos" section on the left hand side of the page - see how their bulbs are chipped into six pieces - by machine!
Eek!
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I've asked her to explain more but it seems to work
https://www.facebook.com/schullhorn/photos/pcb.795529110517728/795528443851128/?type=1&theater (https://www.facebook.com/schullhorn/photos/pcb.795529110517728/795528443851128/?type=1&theater)
those hands crying for some moisturiser
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A couple of stills from the video
bulbs nose down, chopped in to 6 by the machine
collected at the end in a box
The roots are starting to grow and noses are showing green so this must be done at the end of the summer
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Her reply is bulbs are not cleaned or sterilised and the chips are planted straight away
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That would explain the look of the chip in her hand. Did she say what the growing medium was?
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That would explain the look of the chip in her hand. Did she say what the growing medium was?
No I've asked if she means planted out in soil
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That machine! :o
And I thought aphis were the vector for viral transmission. Should be good for stag too. :-X
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The last two galanthus in flower in the garden are the poculiform 'Francesca de Grammont' and 'Squire Burroughs', however the garden is beginning to be more colourful with corydalis and this Fritillary raddeanna.
What no Erythronium Brian !
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What no Erythronium Brian !
Not yet!
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It seems like everyone has moved on, but in the mid-Atlantic US we are just starting. Hope you are still interested:
1. A new favorite, 'Melanie Broughton'
2. New this year, 'South Hayes'
3. 'Sprite' for Mark
4. and 5. Absolutely gorgeous, 'Flocon de Neige'
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I'm getting withdrawal symptoms already Caroline, so please keep the photos coming.
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I used to think there was single snowdrops G. Nivalis and double G. nivalis flore pleno until I joined SRGC. I now look at all the ones I don't have at shows but more importantly I look more closely at what I am growing in my garden. I enclose a photo of a double G. which looks like G. flore pleno except that it has bigger flowers and a different looking inner petal from the others growing in my garden. Is this the result of a virus or is it quite common? See the attached photo.
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That nursery chops bulbs in November and immediately plants in the soil
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That is amazing Mark, so many are already in root growth then. Thanks for finding out.
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That is amazing Mark, so many are already in root growth then. Thanks for finding out.
No problem. So why do people need to sterilise, skin, chip/twin, fungicide and put in plastic bags for 12 weeks? I'll definitely try this method this year
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I don't think I've showed these two elwesii before.
They were among the 50 I bought as dry bulbs last autumn from my local garden centre. The variety of flower and leaf type was amazing. Huge flowers, small flowers, elwesii elwesii, elwesii monostictus, elwesii elwesii but only one mark, all green inners, reduced green, 'Magnet' types, big leaves, small leaves, twisted leaves and one 4x4
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Carolyn, great to see your beautiful photos of your drops that are in bloom in late March. And Mark, you got some fine lookers amongst your elwesii dry bulbs. I had a few good ones sourced similarly as well...
This is my 'Ophelia' and 'Melanie Broughton' both newly acquired "in the green" and still blooming nicely today.
G.elwesii 'Fenstead End' is still looking terrific after starting its bloom at Christmas and surviving the very long and snowy winter under a cloche which was buried under several feet of snow much of the time. Just beginning to enjoy snowdrops locally, here in Massachusetts, U.S.
Enjoy,
Rick
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This is nothing special, but I think it was good value for the little money. It is 'Lerinda', I planted two bulbs in summer 2013, last year there were two flowers and now six, and what I most like it is that it is quite tall, 23cm (my other snowdrops are 20cm or under, even 'Atkinsii' at the moment), and very upright, and it's leaves are short.
In the second photo 'Lerinda' is in the background.
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'Lerinda' looks good, Leena. A nice strong scape too, to keep the flowers from flopping. It appears to have good presence in the garden.
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I enclose a photo of a double G. which looks like G. flore pleno except that it has bigger flowers and a different looking inner petal from the others growing in my garden. Is this the result of a virus or is it quite common?
It's hard to tell from the photo but nivalis flore pleno can show a lot of variability in the flower form. This can vary from year to year and also according to the maturity of the bulb, quite apart from any more fundamental variability in different clones. As with any snowdrop of interest, the thing to do is to keep it under observation and find out if it does the same unusual thing each year
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Rick, lovely to see your 'drops - quite something, isn't it, that 'Fenstead End' should have persevered throughout such a long period under such conditions? Salutary experience to see what these little plants can survive!
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Yes, amazing Maggi, they are tougher than nails.
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'Lerinda' looks good, Leena. A nice strong scape too, to keep the flowers from flopping. It appears to have good presence in the garden.
Thanks Matt, that it does. :) And cost only a couple of pounds.
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It's hard to tell from the photo but nivalis flore pleno can show a lot of variability in the flower form. This can vary from year to year and also according to the maturity of the bulb, quite apart from any more fundamental variability in different clones. As with any snowdrop of interest, the thing to do is to keep it under observation and find out if it does the same unusual thing each year
Thank you Alan-b. I found this in a pot which had been taken down from its supports on a fence. I had used my own home made compost mixed with some new stuff to plant up fuchsias last Spring. I had to put the fuchsia inside for the winter so decanted it to a smaller container. As I regularly put any waste from the garden into the compost bins and forget about them for two or three years I was concerned when it was suggested to me that this might be a virus. I will keep it separate from my other snowdrops which seem to be increasing at an alarming rate. I'm trying my best to resist becoming a galanthophile but it is difficult. I have 11 different ones now.
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... I was concerned when it was suggested to me that this might be a virus.
I don't believe that much is known about viruses affecting snowdrops. Snowdrops are often stated to be virused if the leaves show a narrow striping. There is a cultivar called 'Augustus' (named for E.A. Bowles) where the commercial stocks are thought to be virused but it still grows well and the virus is not reported to spread to other snowdrops. Some years ago inactive forumist 'KentGardener' had what he identified as a virus that spread through his collection but that is the only account I have heard of a virulent snowdrop virus.
Irregularities in the petals are not (AFAIK) associated with virus infection.
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Thank you Alan-b. I bought G. Augustus at Dunblane and did read about the leaf virus when I researched it. I also bought G. Jonathan because it is the name of one of my grandsons. He is I hope a budding gardener. G.Greenpeace and G.S.Arnott because I liked the look of them as they seemed to push up flowers before the leaves grow and Sam Arnott is said to bulk up well. G. Merlin because it was very tall and G.Curly I liked it. I also got G. Wendy's Gold. I could not afford it last year as I had spent all my pocket money and more. If it does as well as the G.Spindlestone Surprise, bought last year, I will be delighted. I got G. Viridipice too because of the green marking on the outer petals. G. seem to enjoy my garden and as a budding Galanthophile I will find it easier to remember the names when they are all very different from each other.
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S. Arnott, Merlin and Viridipice are tried-and-tested old cultivars. Spindlestone Surprise and Wendy's Gold are well-established yellows, the latter more yellow (in extent) than the former. Curly doesn't do anything for me personally and I don't grow Jonathan or Greenpeace and cannot bring them to mind. But I think it is a very good idea to grow snowdrops that you can easily recognise and tell apart from each other.
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Could there be hope? Mind you we got so fed up with the cold we shovelled a foot and a half of snow off this small bed. These have not changed an iota since the ground froze in late December. They've been entombed in 6" of solid ice with a good 2-3ft of snow sitting atop since early February, 4ft or more from shovelling. They are tough but when on earth will they ever flower? I seemed to have severed a head in the digging adventure......
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John...similar snow and ice persisting here. Two weeks ago I did what you have just done in one area, and I am happy for it, because now there are some drops emerging and actually starting to look like snowdrops. We have had three snows since I did that, but the new snow is melting here, it is that huge layer of ice and snow from February that is so slow to move. I feel your pain, but there is hope. Here is a G. p. 'Diggory' that started to throw its sheath up in late December. Hang in. Rick
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The Weather Channel blames a cold spot over the Atlantic south of Greenland, presumably ice melt water which is interrupting jetstream wobbles and possibily signalling Gulf Stream failure. Frankly it feels like someone else's weather here, not ours. Can you imagine Hamamelis 'Arnold Promise' just in full flower now? Two or more months late.
johnw +1c
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Crazy long winter...enjoy your Hamamelis 'Arnold Promise' ...strange. Come on snowdrops!
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Here is a G. p. 'Diggory' that started to throw its sheath up in late December. Hang in. Rick
...and doesn't it look nice with a limey green receptacle? I expect it won't be long before it darkens but it adds to its charm I think.
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Thank you Brian....I was a bit surprised by the limey-green, but I am sure you are right as it must be the result of being frozen under all of that snow for so long...a very icy and large cow pat. ;D Rick
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Some from early March including some new acquisitions.
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Mrs _b and I were in Cumbria last weekend and were kindly allowed to view the National Collection of Snowdrops held by Margaret and David MacLennan. Margaret and David have recently relocated their collection from its former home in rural Essex to Carlisle. That must have been a huge task but all the snowdrops appear safe and very well indeed. Her bulb frames, which were spread around her old garden, are now concentrated into one area in the new one. I actually think this makes for a better display and there is certainly less leg-work required to look around.
Over the last few years Margaret has been tremendously helpful to me by acting as a “back-up” for my newly discovered snowdrops. I have given her some bulbs as a safeguard in case something happens to my own stock and not only has she taken care of them but she has chipped one bulb of each so the overall stock is now increased. One of the first bulbs I gave her to care for is the first nivalis inverse poc. that I found ('Kato', featured in my previous post). Because of Margaret’s good-care and skill at chipping she now quite possibly now has more flowering bulbs of 'Kato' than I do!
You are very lucky Alan - do you know if they open the collection to general public or in our case crazy snowdrop lovers - it is certainly a lot closer than Shaftesbury or Myddleton - lol?
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If you hold a National Collection you are required to allow visitors in to view your collection - under circumstances that fit the convenience of the collection-holder. When they were in Essex the MacLennans entertained a few groups each year but not, generally, individual visits. I imagine it will be the same now they are in Carlisle. So if you are in a club or society where the members might have an interest in snowdrops, see if you can persuade them to mount a group visit.