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Posted on Sunday, March 02, 2008 - 09:20 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

I regard my self as quite observant when it comes to plants, especially snowdrops, so I was really surprised to find a group of snowdrops in my garden this morning that I had not noticed before. The flowers do not have a trace of the usual green markings on any part, inside or out but are pure white. Maybe I should select it out and call it Galanthus 'Vestal Virgin'?
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Posted on Sunday, March 02, 2008 - 09:30 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Definitely worth selecting! It is beautiful.

Gardenfiend - Germany, Zone "7a"
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Posted on Sunday, March 02, 2008 - 10:05 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Yes you must select it and name it, there are too many galanthus that have been named for no other reason than to make money, this is special and worthy of naming for better reasons, well done for noticing it. Is it a form of nivalis or elwesii ?, excuse my ignorance.

Cycnich - west sussex, Zone "8"
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Posted on Sunday, March 02, 2008 - 10:20 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

That's very special and very beautiful!

Galanthophile - Ann (Northern England), Zone "8"
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Posted on Sunday, March 02, 2008 - 10:52 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

That's a fantastic discovery! You should name it.

Carol23 - Southeastern PA, Zone "6B"
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Posted on Sunday, March 02, 2008 - 11:58 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Hellenophile wrote on Sunday, March 02, 2008 - 09:20 am:

Maybe I should select it out and call it Galanthus 'Vestal Virgin'?


I would call it "White Beauty"

Greetings Berthold

Berthold - NRW, Germany, Zone "8a"
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Posted on Sunday, March 02, 2008 - 03:07 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Wow!!

That's very special and I love them!

Definitely you should name it.

Peppa - WA, Zone "8"
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Posted on Sunday, March 02, 2008 - 03:18 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

How interesting...and exciting for you Melvyn. Lovely shaped flower too, with the elongated petals.
Is it a group of seedlings, and their parents were 'normal' plants?

Ooh yes, you'll have to name it....and I think Galanthus Vestal Virgin sounds perfect
for a pure white flower.

Dee_b - West Midlands, Zone "7"
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Posted on Sunday, March 02, 2008 - 05:54 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

melvyn

I do not want to be a misery but i should wait and see what happens next year. I have found two pure white nivalis this year but wonder if they will have green on them next year. My first thoughts having seen the prices some idiots pay for them was I have made my fortune!

Tony_willis - Lancashire, Zone "7"
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Posted on Sunday, March 02, 2008 - 08:07 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Melvyn

Do the plicatus leaves belong to the 'virgins'?

Art600 - KENT, Zone "?"
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Gardenfiend wrote on Sunday, March 02, 2008 - 09:30 am:

Definitely worth selecting! It is beautiful.

Kaguyahime - Vlaanderen, Zone "8"
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Posted on Monday, March 03, 2008 - 09:05 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Melvyn, I volunteer to be the 'Midlands' trialist for these plants......just for an individual verification you understand :)

Dee_b - West Midlands, Zone "7"
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Posted on Monday, March 03, 2008 - 11:36 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Tony is right of course. A couple of years ago I had a white flower among a group of others but couldn't find it this year. But wait and see and hope!

Galanthophile - Ann (Northern England), Zone "8"
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Posted on Monday, March 03, 2008 - 04:13 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

lovely!
how many white ones are there?looks like a nice group.
my white one of last year has only leaf and no flowers this year.I think because I transplanted her 'in the green' last year.
hope it will flower next year,and white!

Loes - noord holland,netherlands, Zone "8"
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Posted on Monday, March 03, 2008 - 09:44 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

I thought what Tony did, you are a rich man!

Hopefully it stays all white, it is beautiful. I agree Vestal Virgin is the name to use.

Maybe you should photograph it, dig it up, and put one on e-bay, we all know how lucrative that has proven to be!

Terryk - NY, Zone "6"
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Posted on Tuesday, March 04, 2008 - 01:46 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Thankyou for all your comments, I have removed the bulbs from the clump and potted them up separately, that way its easier to heed the advice from Tony about being cautious in case they are different next year.I have had a similar problem in the past but in reverse ie I have found plants with green tips to the petals and the following year the green tips have gone!
Cycnich wrote on Sunday, March 02, 2008 - 10:05 am:

Is it a form of nivalis or elwesii ?,

I think it is a hybrid Pat, it is growing in an area where there are lots of both elwesii and nivalis. The leaves and flowers are larger than the nivalis nearby but smaller than the elwesii.
Dee_b wrote on Sunday, March 02, 2008 - 03:18 pm:

Is it a group of seedlings,

I think so Dee, there were at least seven flowering size bulbs but among other 'normal' bulbs.Your verification offer is noted! Thankyou all again.

Hellenophile - Surrey, Zone "?"
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Posted on Tuesday, March 04, 2008 - 01:49 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Sorry Arthur, I missed your comment, the leaves in the photo do belong to the flowers but I am not convinced its plicatus.

Hellenophile - Surrey, Zone "?"

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