Galanthus Dryad ‘Artemis’ is a beautiful and elegant lady with neat and graceful flowers and an upright habit, much admired.
#ANESIDORA 2015 REGISTRATION#
Registration details and descriptions of the first registered varieties are below, in alphabetical order: See also my short article showing the Dryad Golds : If you want to follow me as a seller, and be informed when the bulbs are listed, use this link and click on 'FOLLOW" ĭue to the rarity, large number of requests to purchase, and limited number available, ebay seems to be the fairest way of giving everyone the same chance of obtaining one of these highly desirable and rare collectors' snowdrops. Currently, they are only available on ebay, but as my stocks increase, I will be offering them in my mail-order list. This has led to there being a considerable delay in introduction of these varieties, the initial bulbs offered are all by natural division, until chipped bulbils have flowered and been checked to perform consistently for at least 2 seasons.Īs stocks allow, I will release these varieties for sale. For this reason, I have been loth to chip my ipocs unless I had several bulbs already, to keep some in reserve unchipped in case of problems. This was a chancy affair, as some commercial varieties seemed to be immune, while others were variably susceptible, with no apparent reason why, and despite adjusting the size of the chips or other parameters. What has not been available is a 'solid green' virescent, where the outer colour is a solid block of colour more reminiscent of oil paint.īulking up these striking new cultivars was complicated by the propensity of some ipoc cultivars to revert to the ordinary form, or to lose the purity of the markings when chipped. Normally the green colouration on the outer is in the form of a wash, reminiscent of watercolour painting. Defined broadly as having a green inner with green covering a large proportion of the outer, there are a number of excellent varieties. Virescent snowdrops are a key member of the snowdrop family and highly sought after. Both these varieties have been registered and given a very limited customer offering.Ī third has now been identified that has exceeded my expectations. More crosses followed in subsequent years, and the task of growing on and assessment began.įrom the Inverse Poculiform (ipoc) seedlings, two have already been identified as being of the high standard of distinctiveness and stability that I demand: Dryad Artemis and Dryad Venus. Beginning in 2008, hand pollination gave me small numbers of seeds.
As when I began my yellow breeding programme, there was a lack of cultivars in this section available, but I obtained as many as I could to give me a good gene pool to work with - the best being South Hayes and Corrin, but also Trymlet and Trimmer. Many new snowdrops were being found in the wild, or self-sown in gardens, but I wanted to explore selective breeding to achieve notable results, using the same techniques I had already been using for almost 20 years to breed miniature daffodils.įollowing the successful production of yellow snowdrops, I decided to look towards improved varieties of virescent and inverse poculiform (ipoc) snowdrops.
The range available at the time was very limited, and many varieties were weak growers and difficult to obtain. 12 years ago, I embarked on a snowdrop breeding programme to attempt to develop distinctive and vigorous new varieties of snowdrop.
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