Galanthus March 2010

[Gerard Oud]

Very, very nice ones Hagen!

[Ragged Robin]

A wonderful selection with such good photos Hagen.  I wonder though why G niv elw Klein is considered 'not important' as it certainly is 'nice' ?

[Brian Ellis]

Super pictures Hagen I think you should have finished with Wellenspiel - we say saving the best to the last

[annew]

Fantastic, Hagen. My Blonde Inge is doing the same this year. The half yellow half green is fun. Do you breed these wonderful varieties yourself or are they found in wild populations?

[mark smyth]

Excellent snowdrops Hagen

[Hagen Engelmann]

Gerard, Mark, RR thank you all for the very positive feedback. Brian, I haven`t arrived the End. Anne, the most plants are hybrids or mutants and come from friendly gardens (my only possible answer for the fantastic Britain and German prices of galanthus).

[Maggi Young]

PAUSBACK comes frome the VIRIDAPICE-group, but has no scharlockii-blood

Now this is a lovely snowdrop, very fine outline shape.

[KentGardener]

PAUSBACK comes frome the VIRIDAPICE-group, but has no scharlockii-blood

Now this is a lovely snowdrop, very fine outline shape.

   Maggi - you never cease to amaze me.  

I am glad to see that you are starting to recognise that they are not all just green and white flowers.    

I agree, 'Pausback' is beautiful - but in selecting my 'top of Hagans posted drops' I plumped for 'Wellenspiel' as the best with 'Pausback' sharing a joint second with 'creamy kind of blonde inge' that I need to see in the flesh to make my mind up - Germany for me next March???.....  

[Hagen Engelmann]

Maggi and John, I`m glad, that you see PAUSBACK not only as another VIRIDAPICE. It looks unusually globular and the tipps are intensive green.
The creamy kind of.....!!!! May be, if I had CHADWICK CREAM or the new orange tipped snowdrops, I would think a little bit other. The inner segments show cream and the yellow is gold. You can see, I love this drop .

[Thomas Seiler]

All the snowdrops you showed us are absolutely wonderful and distinct. Thank you, Hagen.
Maybe 'Wellenspiel' is the most unusual one and very aptly named, as it means playing of the waves.

[johnw]

All the snowdrops you showed us are absolutely wonderful and distinct. Thank you, Hagen.
Maybe 'Wellenspiel' is the most unusual one and very aptly named, as it means playing of the waves.

By chance is there a G. 'Glöckchenspiel' as well? 

johnw

[chasw]

Hagen,you have some wonderfull snowdrops

Here are a few more from the garden today
Primrose Warburg
Helen Tomlinson
Twinkletoes
Doncaster Double Charmer

[Paddy Tobin]

I've been away for a few days, days of great celebration, eating, drinking, dancing and great company and now my poor old body is sore but I am very happy - my eldest son was married on Friday.

While I was away there have been some outstandingly beautiful snowdrop photographs posted and it has been a delight to sit with my cup of coffee and cake and view them all at my leisure, a great treat and enjoyment.

I am especially delighted to see Hagen's garden has into great bloom and delighted to see the many, many beauties he has posted. His snowdrops are always amazing.

Paddy - now heading off for an early night to bed in hopes of recovering.

[Anthony Darby]

Rob, my platyphyllus in a pot is out now, but that in the garden is just a blank patch of soil. Here is G. ikariae. Note how different the leaves are from woronowii. I didn't know 'Sir Edward Elgar' (capital fellow) had no notch. Not sure I still have it?

[Hagen Engelmann]

Guten Abend Thomas, ich bin immer wieder froh, Dich auf dieses Parkett gezogen zu haben. Es ist wirklich der beste Schneeglöckchendisput. Seit dem Besuch bei Dir weiß ich Deine Erfahrung besser zu schätzen.

A short disput between te German Galanthophiles. Thank you for translation WELLENSPIEL.