Description
A large, vigorous form of Galanthus plicatus said to have been found in a garden at Warham by the Reverend C. Digby and supposedly, before that, brought back from Crimea by returning soldiers circa 1855.
Over the years many plants have been grown under this name. The confused history makes a good read in the ‘Snowdrop Bible’. The original has probably been lost though some stocks answer to it within a fraction. Sadly however, the majority of stocks sold are wrongly named. A scan on google for “plicatus Warham” confirms this by virtue of the variability of the results.
A reliable and vigorous selection from what is already a good species. Impressive, broad, silver-grey foliage with folded margins and strong, tall stems with good-sized flowers. These have a single, well-defined, green apical mark in the inners, that does not extend upwards nor become diffuse.
One of the later Snowdrops to flower and a superb plant. Once established larger bulbs make a second flower.
for UK sales ONLY NOT available for export
