{"title":"Scharlockii Group Snowdrops","description":"\u003cp\u003eSnowdrops from the \u003cem\u003eGalanthus nivalis\u003c\/em\u003e Scharlockii Group, known for their split spathe, which stands up above the flower like a pair of 'donkey ears'.  Many have green tips or a green wash on the outer segments, and they are full of character.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"elfin","title":"Galanthus nivalis 'Elfin'","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eGalanthus nivalis\u003c\/em\u003e ‘Elfin’ - This is a beautiful little thing and I really do love it.  It has pointed outer tepals with a lovely green wash over the tips.  It is a very small plant (maybe to 7 or 8 cm) and the bulbs are also small.  It would be best in a pot or at the very front of the border; it does extremely well in the garden here.  The spathe tends to split once in flower.  A really great little snowdrop that will increase very well and provide you with endless joy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eI believe it was found by Phil Cornish at Wroxall in Warwickshire, and that it was originally called 'Stargazer' because some of the flowers pointed upwards.  They didn't do it consistently, though, so it was renamed 'Elfin'.  The split spathe is a Scharlockii-type feature, and the inners carry a neat, dark green heart-shaped mark.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wrj-sources\" style=\"font-size: 0.75em; color: #8a8a8a; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5; border-top: 1px solid #e6e6e6; padding-top: 10px; margin-top: 28px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-weight: 600;\"\u003eSources\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSome of the background here comes from Freda Cox, \u003cem\u003eA Gardener's Guide to Snowdrops\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WRJ SNOWDROPS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55454821253446,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/0701\/0118\/files\/Elfin-CR1_8385.jpg?v=1763625362"},{"product_id":"ant","title":"Galanthus nivalis 'Ant'","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eGalanthus nivalis\u003c\/em\u003e 'Ant' is a very pretty little 'Scharlockii' snowdrop with a distinct green wash to the tips of the outers.  I don't know much about this plant or where it was found.  I do find it great in the garden though, and very vigorous.  It flowers here in around mid-February.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WRJ SNOWDROPS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55483313881414,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/0701\/0118\/files\/Ant-CR1_4250.jpg?v=1763637048"},{"product_id":"bishops-mitre","title":"Galanthus nivalis 'Bishop's Mitre'","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eGalanthus nivalis\u003c\/em\u003e 'Bishop's Mitre' was found by Matt Bishop in H.A. Greatorex's former garden plot at Brundall, Norfolk.  It is a small plant of very nice form and the characteristic 'bunny ears' signalling its place in the 'Scharlockii Group'.  It performs well here and increases steadily.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eH.A. (Heyrick) Greatorex raised his double snowdrops in his garden at Brundall in the 1940s and early 1950s, crossing \u003cem\u003eG. nivalis\u003c\/em\u003e 'Flore Pleno' with \u003cem\u003eG. plicatus\u003c\/em\u003e, and named many of them after Shakespeare's characters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eAccording to the monograph, Matt Bishop spotted it early in 1999 on a visit to the old garden with a group of Norfolk galanthophiles, and the name refers partly to the spathe, which looks rather like a bishop's mitre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eBrian Ellis also confirms that 'Bishop's Mitre' is a snowdrop from the Greatorex plot, alongside 'Cordelia' and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/hippolyta\"\u003e'Hippolyta'\u003c\/a\u003e, and describes it as a very short Scharlockii type that may become splashed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eWhat makes it so unusual is how short the stem is compared with the pedicel that carries the flower.  The blooms swing out and dangle low over the soil.  Slim, green-tipped outers open to show a tidy green 'V' on each inner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wrj-sources\" style=\"font-size: 0.75em; color: #8a8a8a; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5; border-top: 1px solid #e6e6e6; padding-top: 10px; margin-top: 28px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-weight: 600;\"\u003eSources\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSome of the background here comes from Bishop, Davis \u0026amp; Grimshaw, \u003cem\u003eSnowdrops: A Monograph of Cultivated Galanthus\u003c\/em\u003e, Brian Ellis, 'Some finds from Snowdrop Acre' (HPS Galanthus Group newsletter, Autumn 2020), Brian Ellis's talk, 'Snowdrops and a Norfolk Connection' (HPS Galanthus Group Study Day, Stalham, Norfolk, February 2024), Brian Ellis (by email, October 2026) and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thepleasaunce.substack.com\/p\/shakespeares-snowdrops-galanthus\" style=\"color: #7a7a7a;\"\u003eShakespeare's Snowdrops\u003c\/a\u003e (The Pleasaunce).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WRJ SNOWDROPS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55483843543366,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/0701\/0118\/files\/Bishop_sMitre-CR1_4089.jpg?v=1763639006"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.wrjsnowdrops.co.uk\/collections\/scharlockii-group-snowdrops.oembed","provider":"WRJ Snowdrops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}