Galanthus in February 2014

[chasw]

Good to see John out on his travels again,and a great picture of forum users

[johnralphcarpenter]

Galanthus 'James Backhouse'

Or not - see subsequent posts. Most likely 'S. Arnott'.

[Martin Baxendale]

Galanthus 'James Backhouse'

Not 'James Backhouse' I'm afraid, which has a heart-shaped mark like 'Atkinsii' and a different flower shape (again like 'Atkinsii').

[Maggi Young]

'Drop Fiends  may wish to see the gallery of plant photos from the AGS Snowdrop  Day at the beginning of the month
http://www.alpinegardensociety.net/agsimages/library/bygenus/list/&genus=Galanthus - unless you are an AGS  member and logged in to the site, however, you will only  be able to see small thumbnail pictures.

[johnralphcarpenter]

Not 'James Backhouse' I'm afraid, which has a heart-shaped mark like 'Atkinsii' and a different flower shape (again like 'Atkinsii').

Oh dear, naughty supplier! So what is it then?

[Martin Baxendale]

Oh dear, naughty supplier! So what is it then?

Difficult to be sure. Looks like one of the 'S. Arnott', 'Brenda Troyle', 'Mrs Backhouse No. 12' type nivalis x plicatus hybrids.

Perhaps there was a labelling mix-up between 'James Backhouse' and 'Mrs Backhouse No. 12'? Does the supplier also sell 'Mrs Backhouse No. 12'?

[johnralphcarpenter]

Difficult to be sure. Looks like one of the 'S. Arnott', 'Brenda Troyle', 'Mrs Backhouse No. 12' type nivalis x plicatus hybrids.

Perhaps there was a labelling mix-up between 'James Backhouse' and 'Mrs Backhouse No. 12'? Does the supplier also sell 'Mrs Backhouse No. 12'?

Don't think so. Probably 'S. Arnott', I know I bought several of those.

[Martin Baxendale]

Don't think so. Probably 'S. Arnott', I know I bought several of those.

Best to label it 'S.Arnott' (?) or Possibly 'S. Arnott'.

[mark smyth]

OMG I cant believe I've got a stalker.

A wee old lady just stopped by and asked if I knew where Mark Smyth lives. She's been trying to find me for weeks to see the snowdrops. First thing she says "do you realise how much money is planted in your garden!" She was like a kid in a sweet shop/candy store.

I wish the garden was tidier and the floor of the greenhouse was tidy. I suppose plant people don't see the mess

She's been buying from Matt and ebay. I told her to stick with Matt and Avon Bulbs

[mark smyth]

part of the front garden

[mark smyth]

How strange that elwesii Margaret Biddulph has a, not very, virescent flower yet the daughter is white

[Thomas Seiler]

At least three green tipped varieties lost their green on the outers when growing in my garden over the years. The green on outer segments does not seem to be absolutely stable sometimes.
Here my G. elwesii 'Big Boy' without green tips:

[mark smyth]

and how Big Boy should be ... did yours start green tipped? What happened to the extended tip? These photos are from 2009

[Thomas Seiler]

I think there was some faint green at the beginning - I am not absolutely shure - but never like that on your photographs and with that elongated tips. But they are from Avon and should be correct.

[Thomas Seiler]

New release from Avon Bulbs last year: Galanthus 'Excelsis'
One year later in my garden with two flowers. The green marking seems to develop in a slightly differnt way here than in Somerset if compared with the photo on the Avon site. But a wonderful and big snowdrop!