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Bulbs => Galanthus => Topic started by: Brian Ellis on March 01, 2020, 09:29:31 AM
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The season goes on, I always think it's the time for the 'Bohemian' group. Here we have 'Hugh Mackenzie' selected by Ruby Baker, 'Prague Spring' Selected by John Morley and the promise of things to come 'La Bohème' in bud another of John's selections. I was also pleased to see 'Jack by the 'Edge' flowering...by the hedge!
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Lovely first day of Spring here, sunshine and wind.
Two of the Andy Byfield collection doing well.
First Tall, Dark & Handsome
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Next Goatee Green Tips adding to the wonderful virescents, Yellow and Dark Green series. This one bulks very well, this shot from the Swaps & Spares bunker ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Nice Brian. 'Prague Spring' must have been a ground-breaking find in its day, still an exciting snowdrop.
john
1c
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The season goes on, I always think it's the time for the 'Bohemian' group. Here we have 'Hugh Mackenzie' selected by Ruby Baker, 'Prague Spring' Selected by John Morley and the promise of things to come 'La Bohème' in bud another of John's selections. I was also pleased to see 'Jack by the 'Edge' flowering...by the hedge!
´Jack by the Edge´looks as if having interesting marks on the inners, perhaps You can provide a close-up next year?
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´Jack by the Edge´looks as if having interesting marks on the inners, perhaps You can provide a close-up next year?
It's from Paul Barney at Edulis Nursery, I don't think he'll mind if I re-share his photo here.
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Thank You, Brian! This Jack looks a very funny chap and certainly none to be taken for another!
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Markings on ´Jack by the Edge´ are pleasingly painterly. I don't think we've seen it in the forum before.
( N. B. Jack-by-the-hedge = Alliaria petiolata !! ;D )
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Some snowdrops doing what they have a propensity to do in the Scottish Borders (as I learned from a recent talk by Joe Sharman).
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I also observed examples of Galanthus aquaticus
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Oh, poor snowdrops swimming, Alan. :)
Snowdrops are so tough. Last week we had a bit of winter, and below freezing for about five days with no snow. The lowest in my garden was -13C one night. In spite of that now that the weather is again some plus degrees, they look fine.
Most of them are only starting to flower, and weather is not warm enough for them to open properly, but the earliest have now flowered for a month. Very unusual here.
'Gerard Parker' and in the background 'Mrs Macnamara'
'Richard Ayres'
Two early unnamed G.elwesii from garden center bulbs
'Big Boy' seems to be later, but coming up strong.
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One of the satellite clumps of Morgana still performing well in the sunshine today! Still the best virescent in my view by far.
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Miserable, wet day here but some great highlights.
First Whiter Than White, one of Andy Byfield's 'Dark Green' series. This one has the most brilliant white outers with a lovely deep green inner marking. It is also very vigorous, the Swaps & Spares bunker has several additions.
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Next, the current 'Big Hitter' in the miniature Daffs field, N. Sleek from Anne Wright. These work really well alongside/after the later snowdrops. Another great shot of this beauty in the March Edition of 'Gardens Illustrated'.
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Galanthus platyphyllus Goldish .A plant that I will always treasure because it came from Colin Mason .I miss him and his evergreen enthusiasm .
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This is really a very special snowdrop, oddly well named and a great reminiscence!
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This gracilis wants to be an orchid :)
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G. platyphullus 'Goldish' is wonderful - very special and a great plant by which to remember Colin Mason.
In my garden G. 'Till Sonnenschein' is at its best now. Amongst the latest are G. nivalis 'Greenish' and that great old cultivar G. nivalis 'Virescens'
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Nice "green" clumps of snowdrops, Anne! :)
Here is 'Diggory' starting to flower this week.
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I am very proud of my find from last year
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That is very nice! It seems even nicer than some of the named poculiform snowdrops. :)
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Thank you, and it is obviosly growing well - but so far no offers for a swap ;)
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Pauli Most unusual!
Rare find!
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Mr Grumpy: Such a lovely testimonial! Thank you, Brian for starting the thread!
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Last couple of nights have been cold again, but here are some pictures from Friday.
'Colossus' has been in flower for the past month, surviving a week of freezing very well.
'South Hayes', small and hasn't increased, but well alive.
Nameless G.nivalis, which seeds around. The last two pictures are from it's seedlings, which are forming clumps in the lawn (moss actually, but I don't mind).
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'Ophelia' isn't doing so well, I will have to move it, but 'G71' likes it's place. It is also quite tall and handsome. :)
Are there really over 70 Greatorex snowdrops as the name suggests?
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Are there really over 70 Greatorex snowdrops as the name suggests?
If there ever were then most have been lost - or perhaps Greatorex rejected many of them as unworthy and only named the very best. However from time to time people visit the old Greatorex garden and find and name some new snowdrop.
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Thank you Alan. :) I have six different Greatorex hybrids, but I'm not sure if I'm able to tell them apart from each other, they are very similar. There are differences in height and when they come up, but the place where they grow might affect to that. I can only say for sure which is 'Hippolyta'. It is the smallest and late one, not yet flowering. :)
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'Lady Elphinstone' is so cute. :)
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Leena, how good it is to see your plants doing so well -usually you still have a garden full of frost and snow at this time - a very different year for you!
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Maggi, yes! Some people here say it has been an endless November this year with rain and no snow, but to me it's been an endless April (or almost April) since January, and there hasn't been real winter at all. :) Though the plants are slow to advance because of freezing nights, but still I've never had so many flowers this time of year.
This snowdrop in the foreground is a nameless G.plicatus from a forumist, and I like it very much. It is different from my other snowdrops which cannot be said from some cultivars with names. Picture is from yesterday.
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Galanthus season is in full swing here
1. Galanthus Spindlestone Surprise
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2. Galanthus Viridapice
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3. Galanthus Nerissa
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4. Galanthus Green Tears
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Some more
1. Galanthus LP Short
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2. Galanthus Ophelia
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Like me, it's a rare species and a bit confused! :D
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As there were several nightime severe temperature drops predicted in the past 10 days which never materialized we didn't take the white plastic off the frames till this morn. The snowdrops were crying to get out. I feel much the same way with the "stay at home orders" in place, however best to stay put & live to see the show. ;D
johnw
halifax, ns
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Still some snowdrops looking pretty in our Aberdeen garden - a few on this week's Bulb Log cover, for intacnce!
http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2020Mar251585138031BULB_LOG_1320.pdf (http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2020Mar251585138031BULB_LOG_1320.pdf)
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In this month's International Rock Gardener e-magazine ......
Genus Galanthus L. in the Caucasus: Dr. Dimitri Zubov, Ukraine..... and more, of course!
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IRG 123 cover photo: Galanthus plicatus subsp. plicatus - photo D. Zubov.
Download the IRG 123 here: http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2020Mar261585255661IRG123.pdf (http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2020Mar261585255661IRG123.pdf)
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My Spindlestone Surprise have been blooming since February 10, and the flowers have finally started to brown.
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The last of the snowdrops
Galanthus elwesii. I got this one from Fred Sutherland in 1994. It has not increased much but there are a few seedlings. The flower is not huge but the plant is tall and the leaves get very big. I need to cut back the Chaenomeles but I find it difficult to cut anything in flower then forget about it till it's too late again.
First pic March 2nd March, second one 23rd.
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Galanthus platyphyllus I think it needs more moisture. We often have a dry spring but last two years have been drier than usual.
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I sowed G.platyphyllus in January from Pilous seeds, I hope they germinate. It will be interesting to see how it does here.
Why is 'Little Magnet' called little?
'Rosemary Burnham'
'Kildare'
'Big Boy'
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Some more from last week before the snow.
'Moreton Mill'
'Green Peace'
'Deer Slot', this has been very slow for me.
'Hugh Mackenzie'
'Lord Lieutenant', I like how this one holds it's flowers well above the foliage. The markings in the inner petals are not quite as they should, but maybe it is a matter of age.
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'Viridapice' has been maybe the most vigorous snowdrop I grow. From one half rotted bulb in 2011 it has grown so well that I have been able to divide it already three times, and in every place I plant it, it starts to multiply well.
Also 'Lerinda' has been very good grower for me, and though it isn't very distinct (in fact I almost like it more than even 'S.Arnott'), it is vigorous and was cheap.
'E.A.Bowles' is my favourite, so white and big round flowers. Planted one bulb in 2015, and I also like that it sets seeds. None of the seedlings has flowered yet.
'Priscilla Bacon' planted last summer. It came up early (as all snowdrops from more south do the first year), but hasn't suffered from cold weather.
'Lapwing' planted in 2015 hasn't been very vigorous here, it comes up very early and may suffer because of that, or it doesn't like it's place. I may try to move it to some other bed. :)
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Why is 'Little Magnet' called little?
That's exactly what I thought when i encountered it in a garden open for snowdrops earlier this year. The other thing I wondered is how many 'Something Magnets' there are? 'Little Magnet', 'Benton Magnet', 'Wisley Magnet' - I'm sure there are many more.
Edit 'Sibbertoft Magnet' came to mind later. There is even a 'Fridge Magnet' although I'm not sure if that one is official or just a joke.
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'Lapwing' planted in 2015 hasn't been very vigorous here, it comes up very early and may suffer because of that, or it doesn't like it's place. I may try to move it to some other bed. :)
This reminded me that I hadn't seen 'Lapwing' this year - nor can I remember where it was planted :-\ :-X
Rather annoyed with myself about this. Sigh!
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Great to hear from Harald Alex about the success of the Torgau Spring Flower and Snowdrop Event -
"We had a lot of luck, that our "2nd Torgauer Springflower - Show" was open the two days in 7. and 8. march 2020, just shortly before the Corona restrictions came here in Germany and all the later events are cancelled till now.
We had more than 35 Exhibitors in our show, 3 speakers (Hagen Engelmann from Schorbus about "Snowdrop 1x1"; Iris Ney from Taunus about "Creating of living gardens in winter and the plants for this" and Dr. Tony Heitkam from the TU Dresden- Institut of Botany about "Historical production of Saffron in Saxonia in the 16th century and the way of hybridisation of the triploid Crocus sativus from wild Crocus from Greece") and a new fotoshow with old rare colourfotos of Erwin Barth: "Gartenkunst in Berlin vor 1914". We organisated 3 bus tours to the springflower-places around Torgau and had a good successful Springplant-Market with more than 10 plantsellers. In both days we had 2300 visitors and think, it was a great success!
Additionally we organised in the afternoon before a meeting about the use of the soilactivator Leonardit in agricultural plant production and horticulture together with the Company "Rösl Kompostwerke Liemehna", who produces this effective substance.
I want to say "Thank You" to You, because I got many tips for our show from You and the SRGC! From Cyril Lafong I got last summer some good snowdropvarieties for the show and so we had the first time a Scottish Exhibitor here! Also from Ruben Billiet from Belgium we had snowdrops and Hagen Engelmann demonstrated some of his newest varieties!
In the Internet the regional TORGAUTV has a 14 min video of our Springflower-Show and You can see it under the link: "facebook.com/TORGAUTV/videos/525002881488910"."
Please watch the video, Harald narrates it and we can see Hagen - in his customary hat - chatting to members of the public about his snowdrops.