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Galanthus nivalis

The flowers have one green mark on the inner. Narrow grey-green leaves. Make large clumps which repay frequent division by increasing well. The most common form in the UK never, or very rarely, produces seedlings and reproduces in nature by bulbs spreading around in the summer from the bigger clumps. There are many cultivated forms and varieties which can be: double, green-tipped, all green, yellow, all white, poculiform and vary in other interesting ways. January and February. 10 to 30cm. Damper part shade under deciduous trees and shrubs and often naturalised in river valleys or in higher rainfall areas of the UK. Originally from a huge area of Western Europe, north to Germany, east to Poland and Hungary, south to Greece and Italy and west to France. Not thought to be native to the United Kingdom

A bizarre double spiky with green tips. The flowers are dense and globular unlike the other spikys. It’s unique character is the extra petals growing from the ovary. Very vigorous.

My new yellow pterie with the character and substance of ‘Bumblebee’ but in green.

Another superb poculiform plicate from Myddelton House. Earlier, shorter and with greener leaves than 'E A Bowles but with very elegant flowers. Very vigorous. Earlier, shorter, greener leaves and very elegant flowers.Named by me to celebrate and immortalise Bryan.

"This snowdrop is short growing with broad very reflexed leaves of a distinctive soft greyish-green colour. The flower has very neat markings and is quite a rounded shape. Vigorous.
This snowdrop was named by Primrose Warburg because the leaf colour reminded her of celadon porcelain.
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An exceptionally unusual snowdrop with unique outer petals which look normal in bud but become hugely inflated resembling the classic paper lampshade.  Almost the whole of the inner petal is green and the leaves are relatively broad.  It is quite a robust-looking plant, however it does not increase quickly. This plant gained an RHS preliminary commendation in 1998. It was found in an old garden in Norfolk and was named for the son of a leading galanthophile who unfortunately died prematurely.

Six, perfect, pure white petals make this one of the most beautiful and desirable of snowdrops. Broad plicate leaves and very vigorous. The first fully poculiform plicate snowdrop to be made available. Found at Myddelton House, Enfield, the home of one of the leading plantsmen of the twentieth century, E. A. Bowles.

The first fully virescent form of subspecies byzantinus. Relatively short, mid season and very vigorous. A must-have plant.

A somewhat muddled byzantinus mark which may indicate a hybrid origin. Exceptionally vigorous variety which makes a good garden plant,.

A superb byzantinus which is early and has huge flowers. The basal mark is enormously variable and can be anything from absent to a solid band. Often two flowers per bulb. Stands out amongst the crowd. From Richard, and named by me for him.

This snowdrop is more yellow and taller than G. ‘Wendys Gold’ but less vigorous, and consequently less often available. The leaves are distinctly yellowish. This snowdrop is named for the warden at Wandlebury Ring, where it was found. Please note the correct spelling.

Large yellow-marked flowers with yellow ovaries. The leaves are much greener than in other yellow varieties making it far more vigorous. Clumps up well. 20-25cm. An extremely vigorous selection of G. plicatus originally from a wood in Scotland..

The leaves are typical of Galanthus plicatus but the flower was unique for having the outer petals shaped exactly like the inner petals and with green tips. It is very slow to increase. This was found in a garden in the Bristol suburb of Westbury on Trym

This variety is unique in that the inner is two thirds yellow. It is an incredibly vigorous plant.This snowdrop is the first yellow to grow well in any soil, unlike yellow nivalis which is a weak plant. This snowdrop was found at the site of the Iron Age hill fort of Wandlebury Ring in Cambridgeshire it was named after the warden’s wife, Wendy.

An extremely pretty plant with very nicely shaped flowers. This is a free-flowering form with very narrow green leaves with a strongly grey central stripe. Exceptionally vigorous. It grows to about 10cm and emerges in early January. This graceful clone was collected by Dr John Marr in the 1970s in the former Yugoslavia.

Can have 3x3, 4x4 or 5x5 flowers all in the same clump. Often two flowers per bulb. Greenish leaves.

The flowers are small, yellow and produced in dense heads surrounded by very attractive variegated bracts. The leaves are beautifully margined in pure white and last in good condition for a surprisingly long time. Makes solid clumps. 15 to 20cm. March / April. Good in sticky clay in part shade. Poor in drier sandy soils. When it was still a rare thing, we were fortunate to be given a large clump by a friend in Sweden.

Many dense spikes of tiny white flowers, each with a rich orange centre. Unscented during the day but as the evening draws on they produced the richest, most powerful perfume of anything we grow. Many small, narrow, toothed leaves set up the wiry stems. Bushy to 60cm. From April to frosts, but 12 months if grown in a conservatory. About half died in minus 10C but in a sheltered spot they came through fine. Drier conditions in full sun. South African.

One of the largest species with long spikes of pink "bottlebrush" flowers. Large, grey-green marbled leaves and curious woody trunks. To 120cm. Well-drained soil in sun or part shade. May not be fully hardy. Very few.

Many spikes of pure white flowers produced in late May and June. Large and vigorous plant with leaves and habit typical of the species. 30-45cm. Any soil in sun or part shade.

Spikes of sweetly-scented, pure white flowers in late Summer to Autumn. Fresh green leaves. Vigorous to 60cm. Part shade in a damper position.

Each narrow leaf is margined with cream. Spikes of white flowers in April/May. Hardy, tough, evergreen subshrub to 30cm. Can occasionally revert to green. Found by Stephen Taffler.

Relatively large flowers in shades of pale blue in May and June. Fans of pale green leaves. Easy and can seed around but the rhizomes must be above ground. Grows to 40cm. Very dry sun or shade.

Clusters of pure white flowers at least 1cm wider than any other white form carried on long climbing stems. Sterile. Paired leaflets. To 2m. Any soil in sun or part shade. Summer. Good grown through shrubs.

Differs from the typical plant in the much richer darker red flowers produced in heads in the upper leaf axils. L. rotundifolius is usually brick red and has larger flowers with fewer flowers per head. Pale green bifoliate leaves. Climber to 2m and I find it easier and more vigorous than typical L rotundifolius. Dies down completely by August. Well-drained soil in sun. June / July. Early summer.

A selection I made where the tips are between a quarter and a third of the petal. When partly open it has a curious shape a bit like a Chinese lantern. Mid-season and very vigorous. Fresher green leaves than most of the others.

Larger, much earlier, broader leaved, more vigorous, mostly but not always two flowers per stem. From former Hungary now Western Ukraine. Stays true in cultivation and doesn’t, so far, seem to cross with Lvv. Seeds well with me.