{"title":"Galanthus elwesii","description":"\u003cp\u003eNamed selections of \u003cem\u003eGalanthus elwesii\u003c\/em\u003e, the giant snowdrop.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"cinderdine","title":"Galanthus elwesii 'Cinderdine'","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eGalanthus elwesii\u003c\/em\u003e ‘Cinderdine’ - A very pleasant snowdrop.  It is a relatively short plant with a very chunky flower but feels well balanced.  A bold ‘U’ shaped marking on the inner apex. The leaves seem unusually narrow to me, particularly for an \u003cem\u003eelwesii\u003c\/em\u003e.  A good doer and a great garden plant.  It flowers here in the North West from mid to late January.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WRJ SNOWDROPS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55454822629702,"sku":null,"price":18.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/0701\/0118\/files\/Cinderdine-CR1_3325.jpg?v=1763584569"},{"product_id":"jessica","title":"Galanthus elwesii 'Jessica'","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eGalanthus elwesii \u003c\/em\u003e‘Jessica’ - An attractive cultivar, named by Phil Cornish in 1997 for his wife.  It has green tips to the outers and a good green inner marking.  In some years the green tips won’t be as prominent.  It may also produce two scapes with the second flower showing less green or even none at all.  It increases well here and does very well in the garden.  It flowers for me around mid-January in the North West. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WRJ SNOWDROPS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55454822826310,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/0701\/0118\/files\/Jessica-CR1_3293.jpg?v=1763583590"},{"product_id":"zwanenburg","title":"Galanthus elwesii 'Zwanenburg'","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eGalanthus elwesii\u003c\/em\u003e 'Zwanenburg' - An attractive \u003cem\u003eelwesii \u003c\/em\u003ecultivar.  I believe it’s named after Van Tubergen’s famous Zwanenburg nursery near Haarlem in the Netherlands.  The flower is large and scented.  Very vigorous and an excellent garden plant.  Leaves and scapes both seem very erect in my garden. Sometimes will form a second scape from one bulb.  It’s an early one, flowering here in the North West from late December to early January.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WRJ SNOWDROPS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55454823186758,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/0701\/0118\/files\/Zwanenburg-CR1_3389.jpg?v=1763582809"},{"product_id":"ladybird","title":"Galanthus elwesii 'Ladybird'","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eGalanthus elwesii\u003c\/em\u003e ‘Ladybird’ - I adore this snowdrop.  I think it just looks absolutely wonderful in a group.  The outers become very large and rounded and just look magnificent when open.  The green markings to the tips of the outers are delicate and very distinct.  I believe that this plant was named by Phil Cornish after he found it in E.B. Anderson's garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e'Ladybird' sits very high on my list of favourite snowdrops.  It’s quite vigorous too which is always great.  The plant isn’t as big as you’d expect for an \u003cem\u003eelwesii\u003c\/em\u003e and the flowers are large for the size of the plant.  One other point would be, people always say that a quality of a good and unique snowdrop is whether you can ID it easily if you lost the label or looked at it from a distance.  I believe this snowdrop fulfils both of those criteria - I don't think anyone would have any problem identifying 'Ladybird' from any distance.  All in all, just a brilliant plant.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WRJ SNOWDROPS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55454823645510,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/0701\/0118\/files\/Ladybird_CR1_0672_-_Copy.jpg?v=1763578960"},{"product_id":"grumpy","title":"Galanthus elwesii 'Grumpy'","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eGalanthus elwesii\u003c\/em\u003e ‘Grumpy’ - When I speak to people who are quite new to snowdrops, ‘Grumpy’ always seems to come up.  It’s a great plant and very well-known.  It was named by Joe Sharman after it was found in a Cambridgeshire garden.  A lovely plant with a very well defined ‘Grumpy’ face.  It seems that everyone wants this plant in their garden, and I’m no exception.  I am a huge fan of it and, when you get a nice sunny day and the outers open fully, you can really see those defined ‘eyes’ and sad mouth.  Good vigour, large size and just a brilliant plant that everyone should have.  It starts flowering here in mid to late January.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WRJ SNOWDROPS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55454823743814,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/0701\/0118\/files\/01GrumpyCR1_3939.jpg?v=1763571942"},{"product_id":"daphnes-scissors","title":"Galanthus elwesii 'Daphne's Scissors'","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eGalanthus elwesii\u003c\/em\u003e ‘Daphne's Scissors' is an older snowdrop; around 40 years in cultivation.  The name comes from the fact that the inners look somewhat similar to a pair of scissors and that it was named by Daphne Chappell!  I'm very fond of this snowdrop -  it increases very well and is an extremely pretty plant.  It shows green tips to the outers which is very nice too.   We can all become very obsessed with the newest, most sought after and 'all singing and dancing' snowdrops but a lot of these older cultivars are wonderful things.  I love the history behind them and the fact they've stood the test of time in many gardens over many years, letting us know above all else that, they're excellent garden plants. There's a lot to be said for that.  'Daphne's Scissors' does brilliantly in my garden and flowers early to mid-January here in the North-West.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WRJ SNOWDROPS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55454824137030,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/0701\/0118\/files\/Daphne_sScissors-CR1_6967.jpg?v=1763570913"},{"product_id":"galanthus-elwesii-claud-biddulph","title":"Galanthus elwesii 'Claud Biddulph'","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eGalanthus elwesii\u003c\/em\u003e 'Claud Biddulph' is a beauty.  A lovely virescent snowdrop from Rodmarton Manor; the home of the Biddulph family.  The green wash on the outer segments is excellent, although slightly more prominent to the tips than further up, to the base.  It starts flowering here around early to mid February and it is one that I really enjoy seeing every year.  It is a slower increaser than I would like but does well in the garden here in the North West.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WRJ SNOWDROPS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55484303114566,"sku":null,"price":60.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/0701\/0118\/files\/ClaudBiddulph-CR1_3937.jpg?v=1763647694"},{"product_id":"galanthus-elwesii-glenchantress","title":"Galanthus elwesii 'Glenchantress'","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eGalanthus elwesii\u003c\/em\u003e 'Glenchantress' is a very attractive large snowdrop with nice green tips to the outer segments and an almost fully marked inner.  This plant was found amongst a clump of \u003cem\u003eG.\u003c\/em\u003e 'Comet' in the garden of Wol and Sue Staines, and named by Colin Mason.  It flowers here in the North West from early to mid January.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WRJ SNOWDROPS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55529098805574,"sku":null,"price":28.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/0701\/0118\/files\/Glenchantress-CR1_0831.jpg?v=1764345837"},{"product_id":"galanthus-elwesii-cindy","title":"Galanthus elwesii 'Cindy'","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eGalanthus elwesii\u003c\/em\u003e 'Cindy' is a lovely, well-proportioned snowdrop with beautifully rounded flowers.  As far as I'm aware, it's a selection of \u003cem\u003eG. elwesii\u003c\/em\u003e, and it certainly has the look of one, with broad, upright, grey-green leaves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eThe flowers hang from a rounded ovary which tends towards an olive shade of green, and the white outers are nicely rounded, coming to a soft point at the tip.  Turn a flower over and you'll find a tidy green inverted 'V' on each inner segment, sitting just over the notch.  A classic, clean-looking snowdrop which flowers here in the North West from mid to late January.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WRJ SNOWDROPS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57693342236998,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/0701\/0118\/files\/Cindy_1_-_CR1_7696.jpg?v=1792857204"},{"product_id":"galanthus-elwesii-don-armstrong","title":"Galanthus elwesii 'Don Armstrong'","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eGalanthus elwesii\u003c\/em\u003e 'Don Armstrong' is a big, bold poculiform snowdrop with real presence.  In a poculiform, the inner segments take on the size and shape of the outers and lose their green markings, so instead of the usual three-and-three you get six pure white segments, which gives a really clean, elegant flower.  Poculiforms are rare enough in \u003cem\u003eG. nivalis\u003c\/em\u003e, but to find one in the larger, more robust \u003cem\u003eG. elwesii\u003c\/em\u003e makes this something quite special.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eIt comes from British Columbia in Canada and is named after a Canadian gardener.  It has the broad, grey-green leaves typical of \u003cem\u003eG. elwesii\u003c\/em\u003e, and as the flowers mature, especially on a sunny day, the segments open right out until they're almost horizontal, which is a lovely sight.  It flowers here in the North West in early February.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WRJ SNOWDROPS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57693699998022,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/0701\/0118\/files\/Don_Armstrong_-_CR1_3882.jpg?v=1792862454"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.wrjsnowdrops.co.uk\/collections\/galanthus-elwesii.oembed","provider":"WRJ SNOWDROPS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}