Galanthus February 2008

[KentGardener]

Hello all,
I haven't been on the forum for while, and have just caught up on all the fantastic photos that have been put on! It was particulary nice to see Glen Chantry, one of my favourite gardens!
I have some from my own trip to Colesbourne the other weekend. Hopefully my techno wiz is going to sort them out for me.
I'm off to my first RHS show in London tomorrow! I'm not sure what to expect?

Hi Jane

welcome back!

Glad you liked some of the Gardens Visited posts - it is really nice to get a little positive feedback as I sometimes wonder if it is worth spending 2+ hours putting such a post together.

I should be at the RHS halls tomorrow (as should at least 2 other posters that I know of).  Do please say hi if you spot me - I will be there from 12.30 onwards - all dressed in black I think tomorrow.

John

[mark smyth]

I wish I was attending the show  but next year I will be there  but dont know how I'm getting there just yet

[Jane]

Here are a few of the galanthus that we saw on the 2rd Feb at Colesbourne,
Mandarin this really caught my eye,
Vera Trum
and very well hidden Rosemary Burnham! If it hadn't of been for other photos on this forum we'd of walked straight past like everybody else was doing!
and a twin-headed elwesii.
Hope they come out in the right order!

[Anthony Darby]

Gosh - what lovely pics.

[John Forrest]

At last a little sunshine to open the snowdrops. At this time of the year my long narrow garden has a great part of it in shadow because it runs east to west.

Galanthus woronowii was bought at the garden centre as G. nivalis.

The other 2 are swaps I made with Mark and are doing quite well.
Magnet and Wendy's gold

[mark smyth]

Great to see them John but I wouldnt have remembered sending them to you

[KentGardener]

Mandarin this really caught my eye,

Hi Jane

thanks for posting the pictures.  Mandarin really does stand out doesn't it.  That is one snowdrop I can spot form a distance.

John

[KentGardener]

green tipped flore pleno

Is green tipped flore pleno unusual?  I wasn't sure.  I went to a garden centre a few weeks ago and they had about 20 pots of flore pleno, at £2.50 each pot of 3, that were all green tipped.  Perhaps I should have purchased them?

John

[Gerard Oud]

Normally the outer petals on the flore pleno should be white, i would go back and see if there are still some left.

[KentGardener]

It was a garden centre about 50 miles away from me, where my parents live - maybe I need some of my mums cooking this weekend?  I can then see if there are any green tipped doubles remaining.

thanks

John

[galanthophile]

I haven't been on the forums for a while either but can't resist at this time of year! Some wonderful snowdrops on so many of these posts so thanks from me to everyone for sharing your wonderful photos.

[mark smyth]

Here's my nivalis 'Mini Me' standing a huge 7cm/3 inches tall. The green inner mark is just about visible so may be on it's way back

[David Nicholson]

Is that pink or a trick of the light??

[mark smyth]

David it's the low sun that caused it. I took the photo at 16:59 according to the original photo

[Anthony Darby]

Here's some I took in this evening fading sun light. Galanthus nivalis 'Hololeucus'; G. n. 'Viridapices'; G. plicatus 'Castlegreen'; G. 'Ginn's Imperati'; G. lagodechianus; G. rizehensis and an unknown double.