Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
Bulbs => Galanthus => Topic started by: Diane Whitehead on January 28, 2018, 07:26:58 PM
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In 2013 Anne Wright sent me 41 seeds of a cross she had just made of Spindlestone Surprise
and Primrose Warburg. She wrote that there was a good chance I would get some yellows.
From those seeds I have 12 plants which have two kinds of leaves - eight have the usual blue-green
colour, and have turned-under edges. One of these has just bloomed - not at all yellow. Is there any chance
for yellows if I self it?
Four of the plants have yellow-green leaves, the base of them being quite yellowish. They are
not going to bloom yet. Do they have a better chance of having yellow flowers than the ones
with blue-green leaves?
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Many varieties with yelloy ovary and / or yellow marks have yellow tinted leaves. You may look forward to see "yellow" snowdrops from these seedlings, which will provide better material to work on with.
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I agree with Mariette. if you look in wild/naturalised snowdrop populations where there are a few yellows mixed in amongst the greens, then their leaves often have a more yellowish colour.
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Sounds good! I will look forward to next winter's flowers.
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I hope you do get some yellows :)
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Good luck Diane, may your future be full of yellow drops! Rick
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Another year, another flower from Anne's Spindlestone Surprise X Primrose Warburg seeds.
And this one has a yellow ovary. I was so excited, I brought the pot inside to a warm room
and put it under a plant light a week ago to encourage the flower to open sooner. Nothing happened.
Well, something did, but not what I was hoping for. It seems that snowdrops really don't like
that much warmth. The petals were destroyed.
Next year I will not be so impatient.
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I agree with Mariette. if you look in wild/naturalised snowdrop populations where there are a few yellows mixed in amongst the greens, then their leaves often have a more yellowish colour.
Does this mean that two of these may be promising.?
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Another year, another flower from Anne's Spindlestone Surprise X Primrose Warburg seeds.
And this one has a yellow ovary. I was so excited, I brought the pot inside to a warm room
and put it under a plant light a week ago to encourage the flower to open sooner. Nothing happened.
Well, something did, but not what I was hoping for. It seems that snowdrops really don't like
that much warmth. The petals were destroyed.
Next year I will not be so impatient.
Oh, Diane, how frustrating! I hope your patience is rewarded.
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Does this mean that two of these may be promising.?
We can hope - they might just be drawn :-\