Talking Dirty (Brian Ellis & Val Bourne - Galanthophiles, Episode 30)

Calling all Galanthophiles, this week Alan Gray (a self-confessed Snowdrop addict) and Thordis (doing her best to resist!) are joined by two gardeners who long ago succumbed to Galanthamania.

Award-winning Garden Writer, Val Bourne, shares her experiences of growing Snowdrops in the Cotswolds, while Brian Ellis, who sells many special varieties of Galanthus talks from the Norfolk perspective.

The conversation winds from the extraordinary people who make the Snowdrop community so special, to the varieties Val and Brian hold most dear. And while the gang didn't get to mention all the things they wanted to, there's certainly no shortage of specatular Snowdrops to set your heart racing.

PLANT LIST

Galanthus lagodechianus

Galanthus 'S. Arnott'

Galanthus 'Primrose Warburg'

Galanthus plicatus 'Priscilla Bacon'

Galanthus plicatus 'Joe Sharman'

Galanthus 'Phil Cornish'

Galanthus 'Matt Bishop'

Galanthus plicatus 'South Hayes'

Galanthus elwesii 'Kite'

Galanthus 'Green Tear'

Galanthus 'Dryad Gold Sovereign'

Galanthus 'Dryad Gold Medal'

Galanthus nivalis f. pleniflorus 'Lady Elphinstone'

Galanthus plicatus 'Sarah Dumont'

Galanthus x valentinei 'Belvedere Gold'

Galanthus plicatus 'Golden Fleece'

Galanthus 'Lapwing'

Galanthus plicatus 'Yaffle'

Galanthus valentinei 'Saraband'

Galanthus nivalis 'Alan's Treat'

Galanthus elwesii 'Godfrey Owen'

Galanthus plicatus 'Diggory'

Galanthus elwesii 'Mrs Macnamara'

Galanthus elwesii 'Margaret's Star'

Galanthus plicatus 'Amy Doncaster'

Galanthus 'Hans Guck in die Luft'

Galanthus × valentinei 'Wind Turbine'

Galanthus ‘Anglesey Double Spikey’

Galanthus nivalis 'Alburgh Claw'

Galanthus 'Onkel Oskar'

Galanthus nivalis 'Trois Jardins'

Galanthus 'Percy Picton'

Galanthus nivalis 'Magnet'

Galanthus 'Long John Silver'

Galanthus plicatus 'Trym'

Galanthus plicatus 'Trimmer'

Galanthus elwesii 'Margaret Biddulph'

Galanthus elwesii 'Claud Biddulph'

Galanthus nivalis f. pleniflorus 'Blewbury Tart'

Galanthus 'Ding Dong'

Galanthus 'Green of Hearts'

Galanthus 'Washfield Colesbourne'

Galanthus 'E.A. Bowles'

Galanthus 'Ailwyn'

Galanthus 'One Drop or Two?'

Galanthus nivalis 'Kirtling Tower'