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Cymraeg
Taxon
Galanthus
× hybridus
'Merlin'
Image: Cunniffe-Thomas, Ayshea - NBGW
Common name:
eirlys, snowdrop 'Merlin'
Family:
Amaryllidaceae
Synonym:
Galanthus
'Merlin'
Distribution:
Gardd/Garden
Hardiness:
(H5) Hardy-cold winter. -15 to -10°C (USDA 7b/8a)
Life form:
Geophyte (bulb, corm or tuber) • Geoffyt (bwlb, cormau neu cloronen)
Geirdarddiad / Etymology:
Galanthus (guh-LAN-thus): From the Greek gala- (milk) and -anthos (a flower).
Geirdarddiad / Etymology:
x hybridus (hy-BRID-us): Mongrel, half-breed, hybrid.
Dyfarniadau / Awards:
RHS Award of Garden Merit (AGM).
Description:
A robust hybrid, around 20cm in height with greyish-green foliage. Flowers, from late winter to spring, are relatively large with mostly green inner segments.
Links:
Royal Horticultural Society
Locations
1:
Boulder Garden/Yr Ardd Glogfeini 02b
(BOU02B)
• Accession: 2011-0304 • Provenance: Garden/Gardd
2:
IWGA06-Inner Walled Garden Quadrant A Bed 06/Yr Ardd Fewnol Cwadrant A Gwely 06
(IWGA06)
• Accession: 2019-0576 • Provenance: Garden/Gardd
3:
Spring Woods/Gwanwyngoed 04
(SW04)
• Accession: 2016-0063 • Provenance: Garden/Gardd
Area
Individual