Galanthus March 2020

[Anne Repnow]

G. platyphullus 'Goldish' is wonderful - very special and a great plant by which to remember Colin Mason.

In my garden G. 'Till Sonnenschein' is at its best now. Amongst the latest are G. nivalis 'Greenish' and that great old cultivar G. nivalis 'Virescens'

[Leena]

Nice "green" clumps of snowdrops, Anne!
Here is 'Diggory' starting to flower this week.

[Pauli]

I am very proud of my find from last year

[Leena]

That is very nice! It seems even nicer than some of the named poculiform snowdrops.

[Pauli]

Thank you, and it is obviosly growing well - but so far no offers for a swap

[WSGR]

Pauli Most unusual!

Rare find!

[WSGR]

Mr Grumpy: Such a lovely testimonial! Thank you, Brian for starting the thread!

[Leena]

Last couple of nights have been cold again, but here are some pictures from Friday.
'Colossus' has been in flower for the past month, surviving a week of freezing very well.
'South Hayes', small and hasn't increased, but well alive.
Nameless G.nivalis, which seeds around. The last two pictures are from it's seedlings, which are forming clumps in the lawn (moss actually, but I don't mind).

[Leena]

'Ophelia' isn't doing so well, I will have to move it, but 'G71' likes it's place. It is also quite tall and handsome.
Are there really over 70 Greatorex snowdrops as the name suggests?

[Alan_b]

Are there really over 70 Greatorex snowdrops as the name suggests?

If there ever were then most have been lost - or perhaps Greatorex rejected many of them as unworthy and only named the very best.  However from time to time people visit the old Greatorex garden and find and name some new snowdrop.

[Leena]

Thank you Alan. I have six different Greatorex hybrids, but I'm not sure if I'm able to tell them apart from each other, they are very similar. There are differences in height and when they come up, but the place where they grow might affect to that. I can only say for sure which is 'Hippolyta'. It is the smallest and late one, not yet flowering.

[Leena]

'Lady Elphinstone' is so cute.

[Maggi Young]

Leena, how  good  it  is to  see  your  plants  doing  so well  -usually  you  still have  a  garden full of frost  and  snow  at this  time - a  very  different  year  for you!
 

[Leena]

Maggi, yes! Some people here say it has been an endless November this year with rain and no snow, but to me it's been an endless April (or almost April) since January, and there hasn't been real winter at all. Though the plants are slow to advance because of freezing nights, but still I've never had so many flowers this time of year.
This snowdrop in the foreground is a nameless G.plicatus from a forumist, and I like it very much. It is different from my other snowdrops which cannot be said from some cultivars with names. Picture is from yesterday.

[olegKon]

Galanthus season is in full swing here

1. Galanthus Spindlestone Surprise


2. Galanthus Viridapice


3. Galanthus Nerissa


4. Galanthus Green Tears