Last night we had rain, rain and more rain, and winds. I was therefore very pleased that yesterday just as it was getting dark I went out to pick a few snowdrops to today's vase. This is being linked into Cathy's weekly In a Vase on Monday Post.
At the end of January some of the early snowdrops seem to be earlier than they were last year. Other snowdrops seem to be a little late, or at least I hope they are late and have not succumbed under the stresses of weather or insects, or the S &S gang!
Looking out from the conservatory at breakfast on Sunday I asked Mr S which snowdrop particularly appealed to him. He pointed out three types at present out, close to the conservatory, which he liked and Galanthus Bertram Anderson was one of them. This is a early impressive large flowered snowdrop with a large strong green apical mark on the inners. These are on the left hand side of the arrangement.
On the other side is the early flowering double Mrs Beatrix Stanley. They are quite distinctive in the garden with the pointed outer petals and the tiny green apical mark reduced to just two dots either side of the notch on the inner petals. When I look out at these double snowdrops the thinner pointy petals remind me of canine teeth. I received these originally as a couple of bulbs from Anna in 2019, and six year later I have a few good clumps.
I think it's wonderful that your (seemingly vast) collection of snowdrops encourages you to look at and admire each one for its special qualities. I can't think of any of the plants I grow that prompts the same level of appreciation for the wonders of nature.
ReplyDeleteYou painted a picture I can't quite recognise Kris. The collection is very modest, and I lucky that some of the varieties like the garden, but some don't. I suppose that because they are out at a time of year that few are out, one has time to devote to them. Also they are quite hardy and happy in the garden.
DeleteYour snowdrops must be really happy in your garden Noelle, as they clearly have built up good sized clumps - I know I moved all of mine a few years ago which may have set them back, but there is no way yet I would have enough blooms to spare any for a vase...not that many are open yet anyway. It's lovely to see yours close up in a vase like this, and the pretty cyclamen leaves are just the right kind of foliage to join them
ReplyDeleteI tried to split a clump of snowdrop Charlotte, to grow on so as to be able to share some with Anna, and I think I may have lost all of them. I feel that the specials I grow don't really do division well until they are really well established.
DeleteI said goodbye to snowdrops when I moved to Portugal, which is a real shame. Glad I can enjoy yours.
ReplyDeleteI am sure you have some lovely plants that are suited to your climate, and I am delighted that you have been generous in saying your are appreciating seeming these ones.
DeleteYour snowdrops are definitely resilient little flowers to look so good after all the wind and rain you've had recently! We have the rain but thankfully not the wind recently. But snowdrops simply will not grow for me here. The one on the right with pointed petals is particularly nice.
ReplyDeleteI am finding that some plants just don't like my garden even though they should and these are ones that I had experience of growing before. I can't seem to keep daffodils in this garden.
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