Galanthus Sophie North

[angie]

Martin yes I only have half a label in the pot  . That's good I remember buying it at Dunblane but wasn't sure if it was this one or a clump I have in the ground. Now I will have to figure what the clump in the ground is.

Thanks Angie

[Martin Baxendale]

Martin yes I only have half a label in the pot  . That's good I remember buying it at Dunblane but wasn't sure if it was this one or a clump I have in the ground. Now I will have to figure what the clump in the ground is.

Thanks Angie

Will you post a pic of the one in the ground? We may be on a roll here 

[Martin Baxendale]

I must look for a new source of Sophie North as well. I've used it in my  breeding programme but find it is short lived and prone to disease here - it clumps very nicely an flowers beautifully then suddenly dwindles, as some older clones of plicatus are unfortunately prone to doing.

[angie]

Martin here is a picture of the clump in the ground. I searched for its label in the ground but nothing there. I have now started taking a picture of my plant with a label beside it and then log the plant. This is what Ian Young does. Just wish I did this years ago.
I hope I manage to keep my Sophie North. I bought two years ago.

Angie

[Martin Baxendale]

Martin here is a picture of the clump in the ground. I searched for its label in the ground but nothing there. I have now started taking a picture of my plant with a label beside it and then log the plant. This is what Ian Young does. Just wish I did this years ago.
I hope I manage to keep my Sophie North. I bought two years ago.

Angie

It looks like Atkinsii. Does that ring any bells?

[angie]

No Martin , but tomorrow I will look in my container of old labels. These are labels I have found in my garden after the blackbirds have thrown them about.
Thanks
Angie

[Martin Baxendale]

I'm pretty sure it's Atkinsii. I can see deformed inner petals, which is typical of Atkinsii (though some people say the ones with deformities are James Backhouse - I say they're all Atkinsii).

[galanthophile]

This is my Atkinsii taken a couple of days ago

[angie]

It astonishes me that you can tell just from a picture what the snowdrop is. To me they all look similar but I do enjoy them so much. I love this time of year when the woods are full of snowdrops.
Martin thanks for the name of the snowdrop.
Here is a picture of Galanthus nivalis under my hedge, sorry not a very good picture, even the common one is so nice.

Angie

[Paddy Tobin]

Angie,

A beautiful planting. Perfect situation, so natural and the snowdrops are obviously thriving.

Paddy

[angie]

Thanks Paddy

When we built our house the old garden was covered in snowdrops and bluebells so before the diggers came in I dug up as much as I could and put them under the hedge that I had just planted, they have done well . I gave away hundreds to friends.

Angie

[daveyp1970]

Angie do you grow your sophie north in a pot all the time because its in fantastic condition,lovely potfull.

[mark smyth]

I think Atkinsii also. Mine are finished long time now.

[Martin Baxendale]

My Atkinsii are also long over, and my Sophie North. You're a long way behind, Angie. Then again you've had an even colder winter than me.

[Maren]

Just back from the Harrow Show and there were lots of beautiful Sophie Norths on show, but none for sale. It's like "Water, water everywhere nor any drop to drink."

Still, they were lovely and lots of other nice things besides.