Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
Bulbs => Galanthus => Topic started by: fermi de Sousa on July 01, 2016, 09:14:50 AM
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The G. elwesii types do well in our garden ("well", not "prodigiously", but "well").
This one I got from Otto or Marcus many years ago as "Green Outer Tips" but Otto thinks might be 'Comet'
cheers
fermi
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This little clump of Galanthus elwesii are seedlings from a few planted higher up in this rock garden,
there is also a second clump (top red circle in pic 2)further up in the garden so seed must have been carried up by ants,
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fermi
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We had a Rock Garden Group meeting at Ferny Creek Hort Society on Saturday and I took a pic of a clump of Glanthus rizehensis in the garden (from Otto, of course)
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fermi
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This Galanthus was the cause of some discussion last year as I'd received it as G. plicatus but it's most likely a hybrid of G. elwesii, possibly with G. plicatus,
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fermi
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1) This the main planting of Galanthus 'Comet';
2) Nearby are a few seedlings from a G. elwesii;
3) This one has green marks on the outer petals!
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fermi
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This Galanthus was the cause of some discussion last year as I'd received it as G. plicatus but it's most likely a hybrid of G. elwesii, possibly with G. plicatus,
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fermi
This is another snowdrop which I received as Galanthus plicatus; what do others think? Another G.elwesii?
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fermi
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This blog by Vivienne Condon's for the Victoria (Australia) Alpine Garden Society has lots of 'drops in it :
http://agsvicgroup.blogspot.co.uk/ (http://agsvicgroup.blogspot.co.uk/)
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My snowdrop collection is very new so I don't have such impressive clumps as other members yet, but I'm happy that I've shown that they grow happily here and I don't lose them over summer.
I'm being charmed by G. woronowii at the moment. The flowers are so tiny and so perfect! I have some from Otto and one from Lynn, and interestingly they are flowering at very different times. Perhaps that will settle down by next season?
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First flower on my pot of Galanthus elwesii 'Emerald Hughes', which I purchased from Blue Mountain Nurseries, Tapanui, last August.
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Nice one Anthony mine are just showing through. Markings look a pretty shade of green - I am looking forward to being able to see inside the drop.
Regards Edna
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The ones you sent are just a wee bit behind these, and I have a plicatus byzantinus, grown from seed kindly sent by Martin Baxendale, a week or so off opening. Snowdrops looking good. 8)
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Here is my Galanthus plicatus. It has a long Magnet-like pedicel. Seed sown 2012 and my first flower from seed.
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'Percy Picton' is a 'Magnet'-like plicatus. As usual, Judy's Snowdrops has an excellent picture: http://www.judyssnowdrops.co.uk/Plant_Profiles/plicatus/percy_picton/percy_picton.htm (http://www.judyssnowdrops.co.uk/Plant_Profiles/plicatus/percy_picton/percy_picton.htm) . You might want to compare and contrast with yours, Anthony.
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Thanks Alan. This one has a uniform green, slightly waisted, inner mark, and a third leaf, but that may just be an anomaly.
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Happy morning inspecting Galanthus krasnovii bulbs for the creation of a new Turkey themed pot with some other Galanthus.
Carefully extracted as the root system for this variety does not seem to die down and indeed is thriving (25cm). I keep watering krasnovii, at a slightly reduced rate, right through the 'dormant' period.
It is a beautiful variety and flowered for the first time in this last flowering season.
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I found this little snowdrop in bloom this morning - I think it might be Galanthus woronowii
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fermi
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The leaves of G. woronowii are much broader and bright, glossy green, Fermi. This has a look of G. nivalis or G. reginae olgae (vernalis?) to me.
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Thanks, Matt,
the "obvious" choice isn't that obvious here as we struggle to keep it going!
But there were some G nivalis planted in this bed - just not where this one turned up,
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fermi