Galanthus in February 2014

[mark smyth]

Today was the best snowdrop day this year. All snowdrops wide open and enjoying wall to wall, or should it be horizon to horizon, sunshine. 10c here this afternoon. I was in and out most of the day in shorts and T shirt.

Took 100s of photos only to find out there was a dirty mark on the lens when I sat down to edit them

[Tim Ingram]

Really good day here too and brought out many local gardeners to our open day to look at snowdrops and hellebores and partake in some excellent cakes. These are a couple of very good forms of G. elwesii (so far unnamed) growing in Elizabeth Cairns' garden in Kent a little earlier in the week, showing great contrast in form and stature. Originally given to her by Martyn Rix, and have produced a range of seedling progeny in the garden.

[Leena]

Love the contrast between Leena's photo and Richard's   

Richard's picture is a dream.  Snowdrops and spring at their best, lovely.

[johnw]

Nicely grown there ChasW .

Tim  - very nice healthy elwesiis in her garden. What was their provenance aside from ex Rix?

johnw

[tonyg]

Snowdrops looking goode here today .... like they are across the UK in the sunshine 

Can anyone suggest a name for this tall and elegant double?

[Gerard Oud]

Storm is almost over now here and a update from my latest finds from the wild plicatus.

I have already one yellow/vanilla flower out of the spathe and one starting,  looking vanilla/yellow very exciting

[uvularia]

Storm is almost over now here and a update from my latest finds from the wild plicatus.

I have already one yellow/vanilla flower out of the spathe and one starting,  looking vanilla/yellow very exciting

Looks very tasty to me. Gerard

[uvularia]

I managed to have a look round Bill Baker's old garden last week, but couldn't post anything as we have had the power off since friday.
The garden lies in the Pang Valley and is currently mostly under water. I manged to splash my way round in Thursday's sunshine. The predominant stands are Magnet and Greatorex doubles (Joan Baker's favorites). But also large clumps of G. plicatus, elwesii & nivalis. There is a large clump of Diggory that has to be over 15 years old at least.

[Tim Ingram]

John - initially I thought the elwesii's might have been wild collected, but I think they originate from cultivated plants that Martyn Rix had grown from other sources. They are mostly growing in mixed clumps with some variation but not much sign of seeding: the two pictured were particularly distinct. They make magnificent clumps of foliage when not disturbed for many years - this is one in March 2013.

[mark smyth]

Can anyone suggest a name for this tall and elegant double?

One of the Greatorex doubles I'd say

[art600]

Some flowering here :

Fused ovaries on 'Bill Clarke'

Label says 'Trym' - it clearly isn't and I would appreciate your thoughts - it is a poculiform

This the other pot of snowdrops that apparently smell of Germolene - I distributed the other pot at Shaftesbury.  The label says 'gracilis' - it clearly isn't and I would like your best guesses

[art600]

Greenpeace - I bought 3 dormant bulbs from Glen Chantry last year 

Abingdon Green - I bought 3 dormant bulbs from Glen Chantry last year 

[Alan_b]

Arthur, your mislabelled poculiform looks like it may be an elwesii or an elwesii hybrid.  If that is true then it narrows down the field to just a few candidates. In fact the only one I can think of is one called 'The Bride'.  I'm not sure if I have ever even seen that one so that's all the help I can offer. 

[Martin Baxendale]

Arthur, as Alan says your poc is an elwesii. Did you ever buy or were you ever given 'The Bride', 'White Perfection' or 'Don Armstrong' ?

[art600]

Alan/Martin

Many thanks

I did buy 'The Bride - the pot with that label definitely does not contain 'The Bride'.

I wondered where it had gone - now I know

Any thoughts on the 'Germolene' snowdrop?