Galanthus in February 2014

[Maggi Young]

My understanding is that Arthur raised his snowdrops from seed, so they cannot actually be any named cultivar - although they could be the progeny of one.   

Oh, sorry, I thought  he'd lost the label! He said it was labelled, wrongly, gracilis.

[Maggi Young]

it's "Germolene" on my plan 

Pity it isn't pink............ like the original Germolene!

[Brian Ellis]

Pity it isn't pink............ like the original Germolene!

[mark smyth]

My latest raised bed, I cant believe I made it in November 2011, is starting to look great

[mark smyth]

and in the green house

[annew]

Impressively organised! What's the little daff in the last pic? Bowles' Early Sulphur?

[mark smyth]

Impressively organised! What's the little daff in the last pic? Bowles' Early Sulphur?

Thanks Anne. Better organised next year! All snowdrops together and all daff together

Yes it is. Still struggling to get it to flower. One more than last year.

[David Nicholson]

My latest raised bed, I cant believe I made it in November 2011, is starting to look great

Looks good Mark, lots of interest in it. Is everything planted in baskets?

[mark smyth]

No David. While everyone is moving to baskets I've moved away from them. My experience is not enough roots leave the basket to go in to the surrounding soil. Examples below

[tonyg]

No David. While everyone is moving to baskets I've moved away from them. My experience is not enough roots leave the basket to go in to the surrounding soil. Examples below

Like Mark, I have found baskets restrict the roots too much.  Looks like I have tried same ones as Mark, perhaps there are other types with better root escape routes  

[David King]

Galanthus 'Margaret Biddulph' taken today.

[Afloden]

Some various G. elwesii  without labels (given I am in the US and there is a paucity of named clones, maybe these are nothing special?). One of these has twisted leaves and another has very plicatus-like leaves, but they all seem to look most like elwesii.  The one is a clone with the outers always blown up like Marilyn Monroes skirt

# 5 is a collection grown from seed from near Antalya, Turkey -- this one is vigorous and comes very true from seed. It is also a very large plant that is nearly twice the size of the others.

Much later than typical flowering for them too as they are usually in flower around Christmas, but this winter has been cold.

 Aaron

[johnw]

Aaron - A nice range of markings there.  Certainly beats standing in line at a sale tables and the cracked ribs.

johnw

[Mavers]

Lovely photos of your snowdrops Chas.

Priscilla Bacon is a favourite of mine............fat & wrinkly 

[Brian Ellis]

'South Hayes' beginning to clump up.