Mother Goose

From John Morley’s Suffolk garden and possibly a G. x valentinei hybrid with some Czech origins. The rounded flower has a perfectly normal green coloured ovary and then surprises with a single inner segment mark in a rich golden glowing yellow. Some say that in some seasons it colours up better than in others, but nobody seems to provide a cause, perhaps temperature and light levels play a part, but patience may help too. Snowdrop with darkest yellow at present. John Morley's much sought-after naming from the garden at North Green Snowdrops where it occurred. This yellow of the colour-change type, in which the ovary is green and the inner segment marking becomes an intense bright ochre yellow from within, often greener in the early stages of flowering, is an extremely vigorous and desirable addition justifying the fulsome praise when first offered in 2014. Strong and robust grower. Mid season.