Description
Augustus is a truly distinctive snowdrop and given the thousands of named snowdrops that says something.
Sturdy with a blousy seersucker texture to the outer tepals = so this large globular flower stands out.
The inner segment is green 'H' to 'X' marking
The leaf is equally unusual its wide and at least 2 mm thick with blue green yellow, and a paler midrib, The height of the flowering stem is approximately 15cm.
Flowering time.
This will vary depending on your garden.
In our sloping coastal warm protected organic garden its late January early Feb, this increasingly gets earlier with the warmer weather.
History
It was named by Amy Doncaster for E A Bowles in 1999.
AGM
This snowdrop has an Royal Horticultural Society (RHS Award of Garden Merit (AGM)
What is the RHS Award of Garden Merit?
The RHS Award of Garden Merit (AGM) is intended to help gardeners choose plants that are likely to perform, and is only awarded to plants that are:
- Excellent for ordinary use in appropriate conditions
- Available
- Of good constitution
- Essentially stable in form and colour
- Reasonably resistant to pests and diseases
RHS awards can also be given by Roundtable assessment. An award is given when a forum of horticultural experts meets to debate the characteristics and performance of plants that the RHS is unable to trial in one of the RHS Gardens or another location.
To ensure consistent standards are maintained, the AGM is subject to regular review to make sure that every plant still merits its place on the list. Since 2013, reviews have been conducted by each RHS Expert Group on a rolling basis.
Galanthus plicatus 'Augustus' AGM a blousy large snowdrop
Part shade is key, with good moisture retaining soil. (Augustus as you would imagine has quite a large bulb).
Snowdrops do not like to dry out in summer nor do they like or grow in dry soil or full sun, I find it helpful to imagine a woodland. Under deciduous shrubs or trees always preferring moisture, leaf litter and evolved nutritious top soil.