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Brian, not especially as you can see on the picture below. A cultivar from which I found the flowers mostly or only on the ground in my garden is 'Walrus'.
not sure about some of the very green drops...agree with the author, Galanthus Rodmarton Arcturus looks very nice.
Re: Galanthus 'Beth Chatto'Jennie,Have no worries at all about your information and comment on G. 'Beth Chatto'. Accuracy in naming and labelling are essential and all here would prefer to be sure the bulbs we grow under a particular name is true to name and description. Yes, it is a disappointment that my treasured bulb is not as I thought it was but that is the way it goes.Paddy
Quote from: chasw on February 18, 2011, 08:14:17 AMI think that there are toooooooooo many names floating about at the moment,Jan spotted one on the bay named Grim Reaper whatever next Absolutely Chas, but when even the "Snowdrops" book can record that two admittedly well-known snowdrop people visited a garden and "selected" and named over half a dozen new snowdrops in one afternoon,can you blame others doing the same and putting some nondescript flower on Ebay to try to make a quick buck? No-one even illustrious galanthophile names have a right to the indiscriminate naming of supposedly new varieties - that is why the marketplace is in danger of being flooded.
I think that there are toooooooooo many names floating about at the moment,Jan spotted one on the bay named Grim Reaper whatever next
Quote from: RichardW on February 18, 2011, 07:46:55 PMnot sure about some of the very green drops...agree with the author, Galanthus Rodmarton Arcturus looks very nice.Ron Mackenzie describes Rodmarton Arcturus as having two spots over the sinus and a bold mark at the base, which doesn't match the photo on the AGS report.
Well that looks like the picture on the AGS website report. But Ron's catalogue description of the mark suggests something quite different to me: "inner petals marked with two spots over the sinus and a bold mark at the base." Oh well. Lovely flower.
Re: Galanthus 'Beth Chatto'Have no worries at all about your information and comment on G. 'Beth Chatto'. Accuracy in naming and labelling are essential and all here would prefer to be sure the bulbs we grow under a particular name is true to name and description. Yes, it is a disappointment that my treasured bulb is not as I thought it was but that is the way it goes.Paddy
Mark Surely you didn't fall onto a clump of E.A. Bowles.