Galanthus in March 2013

[Hagen Engelmann]

Tim and Rob,
I would like new plants in such good established clumps, really .

[Rimmer de Vries]

Can anyone tell me what snow drop this is?

Thank you

Rimmer de Vries
SE Michigan
USA
Zone 5

[Rimmer de Vries]

Hello

is this Galanthus woronowii?
is has  yellow green leaves, not the typical gray green leaves.

Thank you

[Rimmer de Vries]

This is one of the many forms i have bought as "Sam Arnott"  can anyone tell me if this is correct or its real name?

Thanks

Rimmer

[Alan_b]

As far as I can tell, the first snowdrop is an elwesii.  Is it supposed to be a named cultivar?

The second is probably woronowii. Ikariae looks rather similar but is distinguishable by marks on the leaves and it's not as common.

"Sam Arnott" is a well-established "classic" snowdrop but not terribly easy to recognise from a photograph (well not easily recognised by me, anyway).

[ChrisD]

The last picture is a bit of a mystery - is it likely to be a form of reginae-olgae subsp. vernalis? Those intensely glaucous leaves really stand out.

I too am a great fan of the foliage of some of the drops, to my mind they really complement the flowers. In fact the foliage of woronowii probably is more significant than the flowers.

The last picture looks very much like reginae-olgae subsp. vernalis - at least what I grow as this. It does have a very interesting sheen on the leaves, particular noticeable on overcast days, it is difficult to describe (and impossible to photograph) but it appears to be almost reflective. It also reminds me of pewter - not quite sure why??? . Again the leaves are quite a feature in some (low) light levels.

Chris

[daveyp1970]

I too am a great fan of the foliage of some of the drops, to my mind they really complement the flowers. In fact the foliage of woronowii probably is more significant than the flowers.

The last picture looks very much like reginae-olgae subsp. vernalis - at least what I grow as this. It does have a very interesting sheen on the leaves, particular noticeable on overcast days, it is difficult to describe (and impossible to photograph) but it appears to be almost reflective. It also reminds me of pewter - not quite sure why??? . Again the leaves are quite a feature in some (low) light levels.

Chris

I have a very blue leaved form of G.reg-olga ssp vernalis seed collected in gargano Italy

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[Tim Ingram]

Rimmer - your first snowdrop looks like G. elwesii 'Ransom's Dwarf' to me - see picture below.

Davey - that really has stunning foliage! There are so many features of these plants that appeal, and the variation gets more and more interesting, as is found in Cyclamen and so many other plants in the wild.

[kentish_lass]

Some really beautiful pictures have been posted recently.

John - love that one with a hint of cream and Hagen's memorial snowdrop is very beautiful.  Really like them all but cannot remember the German names 

Mark - the tiny ones are very sweet especially the green tipped one - would look great at the front of raised beds and in alpine troughs.

Hagen - cannot remember the names of yours but they are all very unusual.  I like the one that changes from green thru to yellow - I wonder if any other snowdrops do that?  I know some start out with a hint of pink/orange that then fades ie. Jonathan but I never knew the actual markings could change colour.  All very, very nice.

Tim - gorgeous clumps in your friends garden and what a massive bed in the first image.  Your huge pot of Ransom's Dwarf is impressive - is it very dwarf?

[Rimmer de Vries]

Rimmer - your first snowdrop looks like G. elwesii 'Ransom's Dwarf' to me - see picture below.

Thank. You Tim
Today all the snow melted, up to 7 inches worth, and the snow drops popped out all over.

[Alan_b]

Thank. You Tim
Today all the snow melted, up to 7 inches worth, and the snow drops popped out all over.

Rimmer, I should point out that it is only possibly 'Ransoms Dwarf' if you know you once bought and grew 'Ransoms Dwarf' but lost the label.  I have to say this because from time to time people ask here for the name of a snowdrop they found in their garden and of course, unless there is a very strong reason to believe it is a named cultivar, it is just an example of the species (or a hybrid) without a name.

For that matter sometimes people post pictures of large well-established clumps of a named snowdrop where it is apparent that not all the snowdrops look the same.  This is likely to be because the snowdrops have set seed so the clump now contains a mixture of the original named cultivar and unnamed seedlings.  This is possibly the means by which you have managed to acquire different snowdrop forms all named "Sam Arnott".       

[ichristie]

Dear all, thanks for all the fantastic pictures and I agree that the leavees of many snowdrops are most important as they compliment the flowers I hope the new book will show some leaves flowers by themselves ar great but the leaf makes them better. Our snowdrop season will continue for a good while yet as the weather is Siberian G Comet, G Castle Tiny G virescens G Lady Elphinstone are just starting to flower with many others at their peak, I post a few pictures all G. plicatus most from The Castle. cheers Ian the Christie kind

[Hagen Engelmann]

Hello Ian,
you show a bouquet full of new CASTLE galanthus.
Fine!

[Rimmer de Vries]

Rimmer, I should point out that it is only possibly 'Ransoms Dwarf' if you know you once bought and grew 'Ransoms Dwarf' but lost the label.     

Thanks Alan
I have never bought 'Ransoms Dwarf' this large narrow ones came as a pass along plant selected by me for the long flowers. So no name, but it is quite different in my garden.

The supposed G. woronowii also came as "Sam Arnott" but these have the yellow green leaf colour and the outer leaf wrapped around the inner leaf. That is why I ask ID

Rimmer

[Alan_b]

Rimmer, I frequently find Galanthus woronowii for sale in Garden Centres labelled as Galanthus nivalis but calling it "Sam Arnott" is some stretch of the imagination.