Who are they/what are they?

[Maggi Young]

By 'eck- if he's Sam Arnott, he's looking VERY well for a man of his age!!!!!!! 

[MR GRUMPY]

Is it 'Richard Handscombe'?

[MR GRUMPY]

By 'eck- if he's Sam Arnott, he's looking VERY well for a man of his age!!!!!!! 

 

[David King]

Is it 'Richard Handscombe'?

Carole's clue was almost was almost as big the snowdrop.  We were very pleased to get it from you Steve as it came from the village next ours.

If anyone is in any doubt, it is indeed G Richard Handscombe.

[MR GRUMPY]

At last,My brain needs a sleep now .

[Alan_b]

it is indeed G Richard Handscombe.

Presumably he is the Richard Handscombe who is the co-owner of this NGS Open Garden http://www.ngs.org.uk/gardens/gardenfinder/garden.aspx?id=20960 ?  Has anyone visited?

[David King]

These are two of the snowdrops.

1.  G. Little Joan (and label for size comparison)
2.  G. Sharron Louise

You can find the other two here:-

G. Richard Handscombe.  http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=10048.msg267835#msg267835
G. Cliff Curtis  http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=5090.msg140591#msg140591

[Mavers]

Has anybody seen galanthus Richard Hanscombe in the flesh?

It looks really big on ebay & went for £156.

[Brian Ellis]

Ours is in it's first year and was large but not enormous, the finder told me that it will be twice the height and more.  So yes it will be big, as David said we were very pleased to acquire it as it was found up the road from here!

[carolesmith]

Has anybody seen galanthus Richard Hanscombe in the flesh?

It looks really big on ebay & went for £156.

It's big.  First year,last year, Rob and Richard were a bit disappointed with mine but this year the flowers are very large, leaves very wide and like most snowdrops as they go over, are extending. Probably the largest in my garden.

[Tim Harberd]

‘Big’ and ‘very large’ are such subjective words!!.. Has anyone got a tape measure on it?

Tim DH

[MR GRUMPY]

I would say 'Richard Handscombe'is big,large flowered and easily recognized.I have elwesii that are bigger in both flower and leaf,I must stress that's in my growing conditions and can only speak from my own experience's.'Green Ribbon' had the largest flowers i've ever seen on a ewesii.No, before you ask i didn't measure them,sorry.

[Brian Ellis]

From the ebay description:
http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Galanthus-elwesii-Richard-Handscombe-extremely-rare-collectors-snowdrop-/171247348310

The extremely large single flowers are typically 5cm long (2") and have a striking, very dark green, inner segment mark.  Photo 2 shows the height of the plant - the 35cm (14") high 2L drink bottle stands alongside the clump to give a comparison. It can be seen that the plants are even taller, reaching to 40cm (16") above the ground.  Some of the plants lifted last year were over 2 foot in length!

[Alan_b]

How big are the bulbs? 

[mark smyth]

Is that a 1L or 2L bottle in the photo?