Colesbourne Park Snowdrops.

These pictures start with two of our own unusual snowdrops, and then I am including some of the treasures of Colesbourne Park between Cirencester and Cheltenham. The species name for snowdrop is galanthus. There are hundreds of named cultivars, some chance finds and some bred by cross pollination. Weekend opening until 4th March.

 First, galanthus 'John Gray' from Roman Court. Medium size, with three large outer petals. This plant is 20 years old, but has never bulked up (that is, grown into a larger clump).

This one is a large double, galanthus Hippolyta - first in Roman Court, and below a clump from Colesbourne.

The Blue Lake

A tiny and tidy double, Galanthus 'Lady Beatrix Stanley'

Yellow colouring is greatly favoured. Galanthus 'Lady Elphinstone'

and with yellow tops, Galanthus plicatus 'Wendy's Gold'.

and galanthus 'Primrose Warburg'

So are green tips.

A green tipped double, 'Pusey Green Tips'

and a green tipped single, galanthus 'viridapice'

 This one below appropriately called 'Wasp'.

and 'Mighty Atom', with enormous flowers.