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Galanthus elwesii
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The devastation caused by Dutch Elm Disease was very keenly felt here at Anglesey Abbey Gardens. We lost over 4,000 mature elms within the 98 acres of garden.
But from this devastation came our wonderful collection of snowdrops.
Whilst clearing the elms in an area once used by the Victorians to dump their kitchen and garden refuse the gardeners made a discovery.
Fifteen varieties of snowdrop came to light; one of these had much greener leaves than the more usual
glaucus (blue/green) leaves. This snowdrop turned out to be Galanthus lagodechianus and rarely found in this country as it originates in the Caucasus region.
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Galanthus elwesii
'Lode Star'
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Snowdrops are very promiscuous and seedling variations were found all over the rubbish dump.
A much improved type of Galanthus elwesii was found and it has proved to be a real feature and one which is much admired by visitors, this snowdrop has been named Galanthus elwesii 'Lode Star'.
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