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Really dark green markings in a very neat, fully double flower. It is a relatively short plant. It is very slow growing. It was found by Mrs Wrightson in her garden in Kent in 1975.

An ikariae cross selected by Simon Savage. A large dark heart-shaped apical mark and suffused green below. Pale green leaves with recurved tips.

Wonderfully scented and one of the best forms I have selected. Vigorous. Short plants produce masses of large flowers of a very clean white, with a superb scent. A wonderfully vigorous snowdrop. Mid-season. Tried and tested. From a garden in Lincolnshire.

An incredibly vigorous hybrid, clumping ferociously. Plicatus x nivalis.

The large flowers can be 3 x 3, 4 x 4 and 5 x 5. A complex hybrid with very blue-grey leaves. Slow to increase. 25cm. Mid to late season. Found by and named by Margaret Owen from whom it came. Still very rarely found in collections.

This snowdrop is very distinct in that it has a long pedicel and very long outer petals. The marking on the inner has two long indistinct green marks at the base as well as the apical mark. It is relatively slow growing but as it always has two flowers per bulb it quickly makes a good show. It is named for the niece of the famous galanthophile Joe Sharman.

Massive, well-shaped flowers on stout stems. A good, new, vigorous cultivar.

This is named for St Anne’s church in Sutton Bonington near Nottingham but it was actually found in north Norfolk!

A pterugiform hybrid of G. gracilis and G.’Trym’ which turned up with Veronica Cross and is named for the leader of the pack. In appearance is intermediate between the parents.

A green-tipped hybrid, probably involving ‘Viridapice’ and a plicate, often with two flowers per bulb. Spathe normal.

Tall, vigorous with small green tips on the slightly pterugiform outers. The result of a deliberate cross between G. p ‘Trym’ x G. n ‘Poculiformis’

Named by Bowles for Dick Trotter, a plicate hybrid with diffuse basal mark. Chunky.

A new double elwesii hybrid with nicely-shaped flowers. Early. Variable numbers of inners.

A vigorous, narrow leaved form with fuzzy eyespots and slightly green tipped.

This is a very large distinctly tall elwesii form with a mostly green inner. This historic cultivar is not offered very often. It was named for Fred Buglass and distributed by Primrose Warburg.

This snowdrop was found in a population of G. elwesii in a garden in Cambridge and named for its miserable-looking face.

This elegant, upright, green-tipped snowdrop is very vigorous and increases well. The inner markings are very variable and the green tips vary from year to year. It was found by Phil Cornish in 1997 and named for his wife. In my opinion, a complex hybrid.

Galanthus elwesii

The classic species has two green marks on the inner petals but single-marked seedlings are common. The single-marked ones are known as var. monostictus and are often much earlier flowering in October to January, They can be very vigorous. The leaves are broad, distinctly grey-green and have a hooded/cupped tip. There are usually two per bulb, but three and four leaved varieties are known. Some varieties are good clumpers. Bulbs tend to be larger than G. nivalis. They grow well in drier, sunnier sites and when suited, especially on limey soils, can seed freely and naturalise well. Originally from all of Southern Turkey, often growing on sunny open slopes as well as part-shade under trees.

The longest- petalled, green-tipped variety ever found. Vigorous, early. Needs to settle to get to full size and markings.

Globular flowers with the inner almost entirely green. Nicely scented. Very early flowering from late December to January. Vigorous, clumping snowdrop with relatively short glaucous leaves. Found by Martin Rickard in the grounds of Kyre Park, Worcestershire.

Very distinctive with a perfectly circular basal mark. Vigorous. Mid to late.

The inner segments have a very well defined mark in the shape of a bold X the leaves are a strong blue/grey colour. This is from a series of clones selected at Maidwell Hall, Northamptonshire. Some were renamed i.e. G. ‘Kite’ (Maidwell A) and some kept their original name hence ‘Maidwell L’. It was selected by Oliver Wyatt.

It is outstanding in its shape and form and can have three sets of petals (as pictured) or four sets. The flowers are very large and the ovary is very rounded, as are the petals. This was selected from a population of Galanthus elwesii, naturalised in a Cambridge garden.

This is a relatively small plant with blue grey leaves. The flower stands well above the leaves on upright stems and the apical mark is not like a typical elwesii. It is suffused green from the apical mark towards the base. The flowering period is November to December. It was found by Peter Gatehouse and given to Washfield Nursery in 1994.

Galanthus elwesii

The classic species has two green marks on the inner petals but single-marked seedlings are common. The single-marked ones are known as var. monostictus and are often much earlier flowering in October to January, They can be very vigorous. The leaves are broad, distinctly grey-green and have a hooded/cupped tip. There are usually two per bulb, but three and four leaved varieties are known. Some varieties are good clumpers. Bulbs tend to be larger than G. nivalis. They grow well in drier, sunnier sites and when suited, especially on limey soils, can seed freely and naturalise well. Originally from all of Southern Turkey, often growing on sunny open slopes as well as part-shade under trees.

This is an early flowering snowdrop. It is incredibly vigorous snowdrop that forms good clumps. It often produces two flower stems per bulb. The flower itself is relatively large. It has a fantastic scent that really stands out. It originated from the Zwanenburg nursery in Holland.

Two green marks on the outer petals. This character is unstable and varies from year to year, but when it does it, it’s spectacular. Relatively slow-growing. Grey-green leaves. Good drainage and a sunnier site. The first pterugiform Galanthus elwesii to be made available. ‘The Groom’ exists, but is impossible to get and any others that turned up have died out.