Galanthus elwesii 'Godfrey Owen'
(Snowdrop 'Godfrey Owen')
Family - Amaryllidaceae
Category - Bulb
Season of Interest - Winter
Hardiness - H5
Height - 15cm or more
Width - 8cm
Location - The Woodland Walk
Description: A low-growing, bulbous Perennial with a clump-forming habit. Fleshy grey-green to dark green Basal Leaves are strap-shaped to lanceolate in shape and upright. Distinctive double, snow-white flowers are bell-shaped and pendent. The Blooms have six shorter, notched inner petals, each marked with green spots at the tip. Six longer outer petals are oval in shape and flare outwards. The flowers are held singly on upright stems and are produced in late winter. The Blooms have a sweet fragrance which is best appreciated when brought indoors.
Award of Garden Merit (AGM).
Additional common name - Greater Snowdrop 'Godfrey Owen'
Flower:
Double, fragrant white flowers are bell-shaped and pendent. The unusual blooms have six shorter, notched inner tepals (petals) each marked with green spots at the tip. Six longer outer tepals are oval in shape and flare outwards. The flowers are held singly on upright stems and are produced in February. This cultivar has green ovaries.
Flower colour: White, green
Flower shape: Double bell-shaped flowers held singly
Flowering time: February
Foliage:
Grey-green to dark green leaves are strap-shaped to lanceolate. Each bulb produces two (occasionally three) upright, Basal Leaves.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Strap-shaped to lanceolate
Propagation:
Division.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun to partial shade in fertile, moisture-retentive soil that is well-drained.