Snowdrop varieties

I agree...after reading that I thought NO...not going to pay alot of money for one bulb and then have to pamper it and then have it die. too many other wonderful things out there. I think I will just stick with Nivalis and look at galanthophiles pictures.

The snowdropinfo site shows the green pattern on ikariae on the outside of the corolla (fuchsia have corollas and petals which make it easier to understand) which is at least half the length, so I do wonder if the wording is confusing and does actually mean on the outside of the corolla. By saying on the " inner side of the flower petals" this could very well mean this.

Pics of both

http://www.snowdropinfo.com/gallery2007.htm

I think you both have woronowii.

Quotation from that member:

'Now is the time to start spraying every 10 days with a good, usually banned, fungicide and pesticide.'

Notice the word 'banned' in there.

Thanks Wallaby, these pictures were really helpful and very clear!

Wallaby....I can't believe that snowdrop site...I would never have thought there were so many...truly amazing.

Now can you see why people get hooked on snowdrops?! What are the plants that you are hooked on?

My hook, line and sinkers at the moment are aroids with a leaning towards Zantedeschia, species Gladiolus, and species Lilies.

When I look at all these little snowdrops I can imagine myself collecting them all too! The phase will pass.....

Yeah right.....

I went to the local nursery today and bought the following 3 snowdrops.
Pusey Green Tip, Desdemona and Plicatus

I just asked where you are Mark, look at the European Forum!

Who's got the NCCPG?????

Mark do you have pics of the snowdrops?

I took some of mine, I think I have a few different but they are so hard to ID, I think I may have found two of them.

This is probably the standard nivalis

That one has a more lime green mark.

Others have very diffferent marks, one is a smooth rounded horse shoe mark and quite dark, the one on the right, the left one has a slight more pointed top.

This one has a noticably pointed top

This has an inverted 'V' with nearly straight sides

This has a very broad mark, appearing to get broader at the bottom with a little flick up at the edges.

This looks like nivalis 'Pagoda', I have one or two small clumps and the petals curl upwards, the foliage is also very narrow.

http://www.snowdropinfo.com/gallery2007.htm

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This is probably nivalis double

I found this one double on it's own, the mark looks like the inverted 'V'

Another double on it's own buried amongst taller singles. The mark is nearly yellow and broadens to a blob at the end.

A nice selection there Wallaby. The one you describe as Pagoda is very nice! I've been told my Dionysis is actually Lady Beatrix Stanley so what do I know! I hate buying bulbs in good faith to then find they aren't what you thought they were! I'll stick to reliable growers I think!

It would be ineresting to know for certain what they are callled, I really don't know how long these have been here. They were growing in the grass near the hedge, the previous owners may have put them there but they could have been here for a very long time. I dug the area and replanted the bulbs, so they have increased a good deal in the few years.

It looks like they need to be split again!

I find quite an amazing variation just among my nivalis and especially elwesii snowdrops. Even named forms like Sam Arnott vary quite a bit from year to year - I had one this year with hardly nay green markings at all. You are wise to split and replant every few years. On a trip through Cumbria and Northumberland this week I caught a fleeting glimpse of a snowdrop wood - literally carpeted with flowers - what a sight! If I hadn't been on a work journey with colleagues I'd have been out amongst them all!