Galanthus in February 2014

[Tim Ingram]

Dear Jennie - my condolences too. I hope you and John will be able to come to the Rainham Show. All good wishes.

[Lina Hesseling]

Sorry to hear about the reason of your absence, Jennie.
This is a sad time for you.

I hope the snowdrops will cheer you up a little.

Lina.

[Tim Ingram]

This is an example of how a plant can do so well in one garden and hardly at all in another. Galanthus 'Washfield Colesbourne' is a particularly fine plant, as one would expect from such a stable, but has never established well in our garden, and hardly increased over many years. Here though is the same plant forming a wonderful clump in Elizabeth Cairns' garden not far from Maidstone. Once our plant has begun to die down we will move it and try growing it in another location!

[mark smyth]

Can I have a wee moan? Its only mid February and 3 of my 4 late flowerers are up and open - Millars Late, Washfield Warham/Finale and Marjorie Brown.

elwesii Ivy Cottage Green Tip - grrrr  yet again not one has green tips. well, if you look closely you can see a wee bit

Mine
How it should look

[mark smyth]

double lost label - a lovely round double but no label. Anyone know it? Always neat and round with outers tucked under

[Thomas Seiler]

What about 'Barbara's Double' or 'Hippolyta'?

[mark smyth]

What about 'Barbara's Double' or 'Hippolyta'?

Barbaras Double is not open and I don't think I have Hippolyta but will go and check my doubles now

[mark smyth]

What about 'Hippolyta'?

Still in the spathe but mine are green tipped 

[mark smyth]

What I need to do, and maybe everyone else can do the same, is photograph all my doubles and compare them

[johnralphcarpenter]

A brief lull in the rain, if not the wind; here is a nice form of Galanthus nivalis in the garden today.

[johnralphcarpenter]

What I need to do, and maybe everyone else can do the same, is photograph all my doubles and compare them

Good idea, I have a lost label double as well.

[Uwe]

 photo 1: Blewbury Tart
 photo 2 : Ailwyn

[mark smyth]

Sprite beside Ailwyn?

elwesii Lord Monostictus a gorgeous snowdrop, very white and bulks fast

[Uwe]

Yes , Mark

here again Sprite and Trumps:

[Ru]

Galanthus plicatus