Galanthus in april

[Harald-Alex.]

That Scilla carpet is magnificent!

thank You, Johnralph, for Your nice comment. This blue scilla-meadow in the park of Schurigshof is really an "Eyescatcher".
The house is buildt in 1866 "on the field" near Döbrichau and from this time is also the park with the big trees and I think also the springbulbs snowdrops and Scillas.
We have found there also two old English roses in white and violett-red and a great smell. Now we try to propagate these two!
Since 1993 this "Schurigshof" is our farmhouse of our turfgrasfarm.
In the fotos You can see two fotos of the Scilla-carpet, one of the old red English rose and the backside of our farmhouse with a British Red Box, we have got from the area of the British Troops in Berlin Gatow, after 1991! Greetings from Döbrichau Harald alex

[Roma]

Galanthus platyphyllus is flowering here too
Another late flowerer is Galanthus plicatus 'Warham Group'  it is a prolific seeder and the bulbs increase quickly too
I found this pot of Galanthus woronowii in Dobbies Garden Centre less than 2 weeks ago.  I used to have a big patch of woronowii under my birch trees and when the trees were due to be cut a few years  and the stumps ground I did not lift any because I thought enough of the would survive.  they did not so I was pleased to find replacements so late in the season
I got this Galanthus elwesii from Fred Sutherland in 1994.  It has not increased much.  The flowers are fairly big but the leaves are enormous. 

[Leena]

G.platyphyllus looks like no other snowdrop!

[Alan_b]

... except Galanthus krasnovii (the other snowdrop without a notch on the inner petals).

[Leena]

Alan, here is 'Green Light' coming up today 

Other pictures:
G.nivalis
'Atkinsii' (label was still frozen to the ground and I couldn't get if off)
'Trympostor' (planted last summer).

[Harald-Alex.]

After sunshine and temperatures till 25 °C I thought, the snowdrop-time is over, but I found some very late flowers:
foto 1: a snowdrop with spiral-turned leaves
foto 2: a snowdrop with very broad leaves
foto 3: a very late and pure white flower
foto 4: a snowdrop with very narrow long flowers

[Leena]

You have such a long snowdrop season!
Here many snowdrops are now beginning to flower, some haven't yet come up, and soon it is the best time for them, but this year season starts so late that it is inevitable that warm weather will come in May and snowdrops will be over soon. I'll enjoy them as long as I can.
The first is my 'Kildare'.
Second is 'More the Merrier' .

[Alan_b]

Do keep posting, Leena.  Seeing pictures of your snowdrops helps stave-off my withdrawal symptoms. 

[Rick Goodenough]

Along with Alan I am delighted to see these in bloom in some areas that have much longer winters. So thank you Roma and Leena. Here are a few of my own which are blooming in the garden with shots taken over the past week.

Enjoy, Rick

G. nivalis 'Doncaster Double Charmer'


G. nivalis 'Noalene'


G. nivalis 'The Alburgh Claw'


G. 'Trumps'

[Rick Goodenough]

...and a few more from this past week. Rick


G. nivalis 'Lady Elphinstone'


G. nivalis 'Blewbury Tart'


G. elwesii 'Plymouth Rock'


G. nivalis 'Cinderella'


G. elwesii 'Jessica'

[Rick Goodenough]

And the last one for the evening...G. nivalis 'Hugh Mackenzie'.

Enjoy,

Rick

[Maggi Young]

Leena's garden is escaping the snow  - and Rick seems to be getting  decent weather  to enjoy his 'drops - how lovely to see the season progress in the gardens of others.

[Anthony Hawkins]

Walking round local park, had my first sighting this year of a snowdrop pod gutted by slugs (or snails). That should kick me into putting bags on my crop.

[Leena]

Thanks Alan and Maggi.

And the last one for the evening...G. nivalis 'Hugh Mackenzie'.

Mine just showed it's nose last week-end. Very nice to see your snowdrop photos!

Most of my garden is now free of snow, but in some places there is still some which now melts fast. These pictures were taken yesterday and this morning about half of the snow still in this bed had disappeared.
First G.nivalis emerging from the snow.
More G.nivalis in an earlier place in the garden.
'Viridapice' does very well here, I bought one bulb in 2011 and divided the clump two years ago, and soon could divide it again.
'Mrs Macnamara', also a good doer here, it comes up early but doesn't mind cold and freezing, it just keeps on growing when it finally warms up.

[Leena]

Two small snowdrops. G.nivalis cultivars seem to do well for me, and I like them a lot.
'Ray Cobb'
'Greenish'