Galanthus February 2008

[Paul T]

Martin,

Thanks.  I must admit that I was surprised to find seedlings around my 'Sibbertoft Manor' as I figured it wouldn't be so fertile.  Will be interesting to see it's progeny in the future when they flower.

On the other hand the monotrictus types we have here that were so freely named (and in some cases very hard to tell apart) set seed very healthily.  Some types like 'Warburton' have little clumps of seedlings appearing around the clump, and I am guessing they will be very similar.  Lovely perfume on that particular one though, so don't mind if that gene carries on happily.  Of course this also increases my chances of drifts of snowies in the future..... as the seedlings mature and keept seeding etc.  These aren't the big hybrids though, but they're nothing to sneeze at.

[Martin Baxendale]

Paul, I may have been a little too pessimistic about the seeds. I've had a look at my seedling frames, and I guess in a good year I might be getting more like 300 or 400 seeds, but I have had very poor years with less than 100 seeds in the past. As I've increased my stocks of plants to pollinate (by chipping) the results have been getting better. But even when you've grown them on, many turn out to be quite so-so.

I've never had seed from Sibbertoft Manor, despite hand-pollination, but then you can get no joy from crossing a particular cultivar for years and suddenly one year it decides to set seed with exactly the same cross you tried before. That's why I repeat crosses in more than one year, as the little sods can be fickle, refusing to set anything then suddenly giving a bumper crop for no apparent reason!

The elwesii and e. monostictus are an exception. They do generally set lots of seed.

[Martin Baxendale]

Sorry, I meant some bad years with less than 100 seeds, not 100 years.

[ArneM]

Different leaf types of G. nivalis.

[Anthony Darby]

Here are some taken in today's sunshine. 11^oC today! Firstly 'Angelsey Abbey', then 'The Linns' and finally a three and two half petalled 'Robin Hood'.

[Hagen Engelmann]

The garden is always a place of surprises.  I saw today this flower the first time. May be it was too green.

[Alan_b]

The garden is always a place of surprises.  I saw today this flower the first time. May be it was too green.

If it's too green for you, I'll take it off your hands.  I think it is a gorgeous snowdrop!

[snowdropman]

An extraordinary snowdrop Hagen - is this the first year that it has flowered like this?

[snowdropman]

Chris and Martin,

here is another very small plant, came from austria. Because of it glassgreen leaves, I called it for trial GRÜNER WINZLING.

Thanks for posting - can we see another photo when the flower opens?

[Hagen Engelmann]

If it's too green for you, I'll take it off your hands.  I think it is a gorgeous snowdrop!
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Alan, you are also a lucky beggar. You showed us a green G. elwesii some times ago and I was destroyed near the basement.

[Hagen Engelmann]

Hi Chris, not only the pics are small.
It really a nice tiny green plant

[Hagen Engelmann]

An extraordinary snowdrop Hagen - is this the first year that it has flowered like this?

I had never seen the whole flower before. I only saw a rest of green inner tepales.

[Hans J]

The garden is always a place of surprises.  I saw today this flower the first time. May be it was too green.

Hagen : my congratulation for this found !
My idea for a name would be :
HAGEN -
Hag is the old german word for wood - so I suppose your name mean wood - is Hagen or wood not a nice name ?

[Hagen Engelmann]

Hans, sometimes we have the same mother wit.

[Hans J]

Today not good news from my garden :
by controlling of my meshpots I have found this (sad) result :

destroyed : ikariae 'Butt's Form' , Daphne Scissor's ,Spindlestone Surprise , Robin Hood
near destroyed : St. Anne's , Henry's White Lady