Galanthus plicatus 'Dryad Leto'

Galanthus plicatus 'Dryad Leto' is one of Anne Wright's wonderful Myths and Legends series of inverse poculiform (or Trym-type) snowdrops, bred at Dryad Nursery in North Yorkshire.  Its parents are 'Wendy's Gold' and 'Trym', and it was bred with a purpose: to be a mother plant for yellow inverse poculiforms, so crossing it with a yellow snowdrop gives a chance of yellow Trym-types among the seedlings.  A great one for anyone who fancies having a go at breeding their own.

It's beautiful in its own right too.  It's a compact plant, and the outer segments take on the shape of the inners, each carrying a bold green heart-shaped mark which gives the flower that striking pagoda look.  Like all of the Dryad snowdrops I grow, it's an excellent garden plant and a really good doer.  It flowers here in the North West from late January into early February.

I'd really recommend looking up the Myths and Legends series on Anne Wright's excellent Dryad Nursery website, where you can read the story behind each name; Leto's is a good one!