@Uff Lovely to see G Polar Bear, photo was taken only yesterday the same date as @Silversurfer posted so very late into flower Flowers are large with a slight outward twist, a strong robust snowdrop.
I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
@Uff Lovely to see G Polar Bear, photo was taken only yesterday the same date as @Silversurfer posted so very late into flower Flowers are large with a slight outward twist, a strong robust snowdrop.
Have turned your pic. I am sad, my Polar bear last year were wonderful..this year Zilch!
I was in Cornwall last week..looking at the wonderful gardens...tree Magnolias, Rhododendrons, Camellias etc. All the snowdrops there were over. I expected to come home and start dead heading my special snowdrops...but no many are still looking fab. Others are over. I have had snowdrops in flower for almost 4 months now. The bees love them.
Galanthophiles split into two groups. Those that go for the individual varietal variations (minor though they may be). And those that go for the mass, naturalistic, sheet of white. A bit of overlap between the two groups, but not much.
In my view, crocusses, aconites and cyclamen coum spoil the white blanket effect.
In Surrey they are now almost over. But ready for the move-in-the-green activity.
location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand. "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
@Silver surfer Oh no, I am sorry your 'Polar Bears haven't reappeared. I was concerned last summer that all my snowdrops would be affected by the drought but I have been really pleased with them. I was lucky to inherit some rare ones, a very long time ago but they were never deadheaded, as I didn't realise the importance. You can see variations in them to this day but some still seem true to type. I did have G Straffan with very narrow leaves, I still have some with narrow leaves but just one flower instead of two. Thankyou for turning photo.
@Bede I met a lady called Dorothy Lucking who was a' Snowdrop Immortal' a long time ago that is when I joined the 'over lap' group. I totally get why gardeners collect them it is very interesting. I also love to see 'sheets' of them growing in a woodland too. For me a mix with other bulbs such as Cyclamen coum is also beautiful, I think they come from the same part of the world? So guess they grow together in the wild.
I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
Ants have carried white cyclamen coum into the midst of my snowdrop sheet. A bit of a waste, but no clash. I have also seen white crocusses be quite effective, But still on the all white theme. I have some tomms that have appeared near the edges, I rogue these and put them back where they belong - my all mauve sheet.
location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand. "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
I've only just realized that @Palustris, I thought our dratted squirrels had eaten most of my 'tommies' but no, they popped up all over the garden so I'm overjoyed.
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Flowers are large with a slight outward twist, a strong robust snowdrop.
I am sad, my Polar bear last year were wonderful..this year Zilch!
I was in Cornwall last week..looking at the wonderful gardens...tree Magnolias, Rhododendrons, Camellias etc.
All the snowdrops there were over.
I expected to come home and start dead heading my special snowdrops...but no many are still looking fab. Others are over.
I have had snowdrops in flower for almost 4 months now.
The bees love them.
In my view, crocusses, aconites and cyclamen coum spoil the white blanket effect.
In Surrey they are now almost over. But ready for the move-in-the-green activity.
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
I was lucky to inherit some rare ones, a very long time ago but they were never deadheaded, as I didn't realise the importance. You can see variations in them to this day but some still seem true to type. I did have G Straffan with very narrow leaves, I still have some with narrow leaves but just one flower instead of two. Thankyou for turning photo.
@Bede I met a lady called Dorothy Lucking who was a' Snowdrop Immortal' a long time ago that is when I joined the 'over lap' group. I totally get why gardeners collect them it is very interesting. I also love to see 'sheets' of them growing in a woodland too.
For me a mix with other bulbs such as Cyclamen coum is also beautiful, I think they come from the same part of the world? So guess they grow together in the wild.
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."