Green Galanthus - Galanthus nivalis VIRESCENS

[Alan_b]

I cannot see what sort of grub you have; any idea what it is, Hagen?

[Hagen Engelmann]

Mike, at first in my garden a few greens stand side by side. Now I have younger greens and older too.

Alan, it is the grub of the big narcissus fly (only one grub pro bulb, seldom more). But this was not the massage. Important, that you can kill off the grub with a long bath (a few hours) of only water without any poison.

Here is a better portrait of the grub:

[Hagen Engelmann]

Friends, and it works at normal white galanthus also!!!

[annew]

Are you sure it's dead, Hagen? It might be just pretending…

[Hagen Engelmann]

Yes Anne, I m sure, I gave him the rest!

[Hagen Engelmann]

And Anne, I forgot to say, he cannot swim.

[annew]

He might be able to swim the butterfly - no, wrong species...

[Hagen Engelmann]

The first Gn Virescens is blooming (sorry, at first in the greenhouse). This year it is GRAKES GREEN BELLS. Only one day later GRÜNER SPLITTER also started to open. But the classical Gn Virescens is just over the ground. Late, late.
My only bulb of GRÜNER FRÜHAUFSTEHER is gone. I have 8 bulbills now.

[Tim Ingram]

'Cowhouse Green' is just beginning to flower here and must get a photo. I only have this one virescent snowdrop, other than 'Viridapice', but having seen those amazing plants of Hagen's from last year I clearly need one or two others in close proximity to create a little green oasis amongst all the white snowdrops! Fun to read back through this thread.

[Stefan Vidts]

'Cowhouse Green' is well open here, but the green lines are fairly soft this year. But during my afternoonwalk I did some other discoveries,  who made me happy.

[Hagen Engelmann]

You must be on a good way!!!

[johnw]

Stefan - That's a smashing find, the second picture.  Can you post a larger picture so we can all swoon?

johnw

[Stefan Vidts]

To late now John, and it's raining cats and dogs outside. Just took it before a new spring storm took off.
I think in England it will be worse. Hope to take a better picture tomorrow or the day after.
In my opinion it is just a little bit to small to be outstanding, but it's funny to see it growing between the just nivalis.
Hagen's Green one's are still contrasting better than this fairly to little treasure.
But as you ask, I hope tomorrow will be dry enough to take a picture, because the garden does often looks more like a marshland than a real garden.
I'm gardening on extremely  heavy loam.

[Stefan Vidts]

John I posted some lager pictures on facebook, there you can enjoy on the group snowdrops and galanthophiles, or my facebookpage.

[Jupiter]

Hey sorry to drag this up from the archives, but just wondering if people have established 'green mile' now and it's starting to filter into regular trading circles? Of course it's difficult to get bulbs into Australia but it's not impossible I suppose if we get enough people together to share the cost... if grown from seed what proportion would show the full green markings on the outer petals?