I noticed yesterday that my first snowdrop has dropped its bud (one of
my G. Elwesii potted ones) though most of the G. nivalis are barely
up. Eeek. Though the G. Elwesii are usually very early anyway, and
pots bring them forward.

Still, with luck I'll still have them in flower in March

--
jane

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone,
you may still exist but you have ceased to live.
Mark Twain

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On Sun, 2 Jan 2005 11:06:34 +0000 (UTC),
(jane) wrote:

I noticed yesterday that my first snowdrop has dropped its bud (one of
my G. Elwesii potted ones) though most of the G. nivalis are barely
up. Eeek. Though the G. Elwesii are usually very early anyway, and
pots bring them forward.
Jane, I think that answers my question about why a garden near me has
snowdrops in bloom where mine are not showing. If Elwesii have broader
leaves then that is the answer. The ones I saw recently have broader
leaves.


Pam in Bristol

On Sat, 01 Jan 2005 11:34:16 GMT, Pam Moore
wrote:

~On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 09:14:06 GMT, "McCready"
wrote:
~
~Snowdrops are showing white buds
~
~Those of you who have snowdrops out, what variety are they?
~Mine are not showing as far as I can tell, but a 3-minute walk away
~there is a front garden with snowdrops in full bloom. They appear to
~have wider leaves than mine do. I guess they are an earlier variety.
~Nice item on snowdrops in the latest GW magazine.

The Galanthus Elwesii I mentioned are very wide leaved, with an X or
pair of blotches on the inner part. Leaves aren't pleated, though the
tips initially grow inside each other like hyacinths do.

Here's a nice example photo:
http://www.rmrp.com/Photo%20Pages/GG...i%20100DPI.htm

If anyone is really interested, I can dig out the URLs of loads of
specialist sites...


--
jane

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone,
you may still exist but you have ceased to live.
Mark Twain

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Bluebells are coming up before the crocus in my sheltered front garden in Glasgow! Or maybe my crocus bulbs have been dug up and eaten by that pesky squirrel...

Crocusses? Crocii?

Anyway, daffs about 4 - 5 inches high in the back garden too. Just cleared away the last of the dead vegetation from last year, pretty much everything seems to be sprouting and budding. Hooray! I'm looking forward to the growing season!

Bob

"undergroundbob" wrote
in message ...

Bluebells are coming up before the crocus in my sheltered front
garden
in Glasgow! Or maybe my crocus bulbs have been dug up and eaten by
that
pesky squirrel...

Crocusses? Crocii?

Anyway, daffs about 4 - 5 inches high in the back garden too. Just
cleared away the last of the dead vegetation from last year, pretty
much everything seems to be sprouting and budding. Hooray! I'm
looking
forward to the growing season!

Helleborus orientalis. They got a foul battering from the hurricane.

Franz