Galanthus March 2016

[Ding Dong]

 But Maxine is only 25 years old, surely, so  since well before her time in harness!

Hah I wish Maggie!!! You are so kind!!!

[annew]

Thanks Anne,
   I am amazed and perplexed by that!

   Various suppliers suggest that 'this or that' is the largest snowdrop. (Usually one of their expensive ones!!) Comet, by comparison, is a well known cultivar, but I've never seen it named as a contender.

   Do you think yours is a 'special' Comet? These things happen! (As mentioned before, I have a 'special' Sam Arnott, which I now call Sam Isnott….. and I've read about your 'Kite not'!) 

   Your Comet is comfortably bigger than any of the fancy drops on the BLEGH thread from the last two years.

   Is anyone else’s Comet this big?

Tim DH

I don't think it's special, is it? I haven't seen anybody else's! Mine came from Mark Smyth, so maybe he knows? It is quite spectacular, but maybe this season it is just huger than normal.

[Maggi Young]

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[Leena]

Just a question from someone who loves all snowdrops but can only ID well regular G. nivalis and plicatus  sorry.
Could someone please give an idea if this snowdrop it’s an elwesii or a hybrid of it?
I have few G. nivalis which are just showing up so this little one is early for our region.

To me it looks like G.elwesii, the difference to others is in how the leaves are.  I don't know how to tell if it is a hybrid or not.

[Leena]

G.nivalis and G.plicatus on this cold day.
'John Long' in the second picture

[Maggi Young]

Nice to see more snowmelt for you Leena. What is your long-term weather forecast like? Do you expect more snow?

[Leena]

Nice to see more snowmelt for you Leena. What is your long-term weather forecast like? Do you expect more snow?

Actually we got about 2 cm snow yesterday after I had taken those pictures, but after this week it is going to get warmer  . Forecast says next week is going to  warmer than average and after that the next two weeks average and no rain, so I think spring is starting to progress in the Easter. Some late snowdrops are still under snow or only peaking but I can see many flowers already now and that they have multiplied from last year, which is so nice.
Snowdrops bring spring even when it is not really spring weather, I can walk around and find new ones peaking from the snow or from frozen ground almost every day. My Eranthis has not yet come up but some early crocuses show.

[Gerdk]

Something unusual?

Yesterday I found this double Galanthus seedling in a Botanic Garden.
Are the outer petals longer than normal or is the plant an ordinary
double nivalis?

Gerd

[Gerard Oud]

Just some work in the nursery, felt good lifting my own "wild"plicatus and replanting them in the forrest at the nursery 

[Maggi Young]

Ooh! My old  back feels all that planting!  Good job you are a young man, Gerard!

[Gerard Oud]

This was a small lot of 25 M2 , did a over a 300 last week in one day Not fifty yet

[Maggi Young]

 

[Alan_b]

Are the outer petals longer than normal or is the plant an ordinary
double nivalis?

There is a lot of variability in double nivalis, not least from one year to the next.  Is it possible to keep it under observation?

[johnralphcarpenter]

Here's a late one: Galanthus plicatus 'Warham Rectory', clumping up nicely.

[Gerdk]

There is a lot of variability in double nivalis, not least from one year to the next.  Is it possible to keep it under observation?

Thank you Alan!

- it grows a little bit astray between officinal plants. If it will not be removed  I can try to have a look in 2017.
Gerd