Galanthus in February 2014

[Hagen Engelmann]

Yes Kentgardener John, good to see you here again.
Without you Europe is lonely

[Irm]

Today the postman brought some snowdrops. These are now in my Berlin garden    Diggory blooms at the moment, and it looks very pretty   

[Melvyn Jope]

No rain this afternoon for a change so two from the garden, Wendy's Gold and Modern Art and one from the greenhouse,     G. rizehensis

Looking forward to meeting all those able to join us at Shaftesbury on Saturday.

[RichardW]

more rain today, more gales & rain tomorrow, snow tonight  lots of soggy, smashed,  muddy specials.

some photos of nivalis for a change...

[Maggi Young]

I even see some sunshine there, Richard!  Were you able to open on Sunday?

[RichardW]

Yes, I had a paddle around In a howling gale with some friends 

The rain cleared this afternoon for a few hours, according to BBC this weather is set for weeks so this year will be a write off, just hope I don't lose too much, my raised beds look very sick 

[Maggi Young]

There was rain sleet and snow around here for a lot of the day  and now it is getting very cold. Snow would not be a surprise  Flippin' February! 
 Why are your raised beds suffering? Aren't they meant to drain water fast?  Just too much water?

[RichardW]

Just too much water. They were fine for a few years but badly need clearing and digging over & starting again. The mulch I put down has formed a thick sticky layer the bulbs couldn't get through so had to be taken off clumps, doesn't look very good 

Had to be the first year a big snowdrop group were visiting, it doesn't look too bad but all I see is a big muddy mess.

[Maggi Young]

You will be much more pernicketty about what you see than any visitors will, I'm sure.  Gardeners seem  always much more critical of their  own patches than other peoples'!

[Jo]

I agree Maggie,  I remember going round a beautiful garden here in Devon and saying to the owner how lovely it was .  She turned to me and said ' all I see are the weeds ',  now that seems a shame, it's meant to be a hobby, but that's perfectionists for you.

[krisderaeymaeker]

No rain this afternoon for a change so two from the garden, Wendy's Gold and Modern Art and one from the greenhouse,     G. rizehensis
Looking forward to meeting all those able to join us at Shaftesbury on Saturday.

Nice to see your snowdrops again Melvyn !
Here 'Cowhouse Green ' opened today ....
'Wilhelm Bauer ' keep going .....

[Cyril L]

I like these virescent snowdrops Kris.  'Wilhelm Bauer' is relatively new, at least to me.

[emma T]

I agree Maggie,  I remember going round a beautiful garden here in Devon and saying to the owner how lovely it was .  She turned to me and said ' all I see are the weeds ',  now that seems a shame, it's meant to be a hobby, but that's perfectionists for you.

All I ever see are the weeds and things I haven't got done

[Brian Ellis]

Had to be the first year a big snowdrop group were visiting, it doesn't look too bad but all I see is a big muddy mess.

...but all we will see is snowdrops

[Leena]

some photos of nivalis for a change...

Lovely views. .