Galanthus nivalis ‘Lady Elphinstone’

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Galanthus nivalis 'Lady Elphinstone'

Galanthus nivalis ‘Lady Elphinstone’ Both double and having yellow markings.

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Kathy Purdy is a colchicum evangelist, converting unsuspecting gardeners into colchicophiles. She gardens in rural upstate NY, which used to be USDA Hardiness Zone 4 but is now Zone 5. Kathy’s been writing since 4th grade, gardening since high school, and blogging since 2002. Find her on Instagram as kopurdy.

What differentiates a bulb from a perennial plant is that the nourishment for the flower is stored within the bulb itself.…There is something miraculous about the way that a little grenade of dried up tissue can explode into a complete flower.

~Monty Don in The Complete Gardener pp. 142

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Noreen April 5, 2011, 9:53 pm

Wow, these are just beautiful. You rarely ever see these, at least where I live. Thanks for the great pictures.

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