Let me introduce myself ...

[Renate Brinkers]

Hello Maggi and Anthony,

thanks for the warm welcome.
Yes, it has. The website is www.Pflanze-und-Co.de, maybe I should write it in the profile, will try this.

[Maggi Young]

Renate, of course, I should have known your name, Hans J. has already given us note of your website.. we have a link here: http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?action=links;cat=1

You have some very interesting plants... do you send to the UK?

[Renate Brinkers]

Maggi,
great, Hans was it who made me real courious for this forum, so I watched it and now I am here.
I followed the link, there are some real good nurseries, some of them I visited as I have been in Great Britain. Yes, I send to GB, it is no problem when plants are wrapped good.

[Maggi Young]

Yes, I send to GB, it is no problem when plants are wrapped good.

Oh, GOOD! Hans told me your plants were good but I did not know if you sent to  GB... this is excellent news!

[Paul T]

Welcome Renate, from the other side of world where it is high summer.  Glad to have you with us.

[Thomas Huber]

And of course a big welcome from me, too, Renate!!
Great to have you here!!

[Hans J]

Hi Renate ,

Nice to have you with us  
A warm welcome and have joy here !!!

Greetings from the south of Germany
Hans

[Gerdk]

Hi Renate ,
Nice to have you with us  
A warm welcome and have joy here !!!
Greetings from the south of Germany
Hans

The same from the western part - near Düsseldorf and Köln (Cologne),
today everything out of control because of ' Weiberfastnacht'

Gerd

[Hans J]

Gerd : dont go out of your house !!!!...here is "Fasching" or "Fasnet" too

Maggi : Do you see : the german connection is growing and growing !!!

To parcels from nurseries : It is never a problem to send a order from GB to Germany - but I dont understand why so many nurseries in GB write : sorry no overseas !!!
Also I dont understand not this high prices for P&P of the nurseries to send anything to Germany :
p.e. Cotswold will have 25 GBP ......

a parcel from Germany to GB : 17 Euro ( - 5kg )
a small parcel : 8,60 Euro ( - 2 kg )
a letter ( called Maxibrief ): 2,00 Euro  (- 1000g )

[Anthony Darby]

I received a packet from Europe - €9.10 "signed for" with two wee bulbs: a green leaved Galanthus plicatus and a G. 'Lightbulb'.

[Hans J]

Anthony ,

I suppose this nursery was not from Germany ......sorry !

What is G. "Ligthbulb" ? any pics ?

[Anthony Darby]

Alas, there is no flower Hans, and it was from Belgium - a swap. It is in Bishop et al. but only a clump from a distance.

[Hans J]

Anthony :

I have it later seen in the snowdropbook - as you says ..there is only a clump

Please send a pic if you will have next year flowers ...

[Susan Band]

Hans, I am afriaid I will have to stand up for UK nursery postage prices to Europe.
Up to 2kg isn't too bad as it can go as a small packet at about £8, but after that you have to go parcel post with a 5kg parcel costing over £32 to Germany. Also bank charges are much higher here, a direct transfer costs at least £7 into a Uk bank, thats why we are keen on using paypal

[Hans J]

Susan ,

I did not know for the high costs for a parcel in England .....but I get a lot of parcels from England ( small packets ) and they are always cheeep -so I dont understand it why I have to pay 25 GBP for a small parcel !

But I think you will understand me if I hesitate to order from such nurseries ....for 25 GBP can I buy some plants ....

With the money is it a other problem -if the nurseries give the prices also in Euro so we could send a money transfer in Euro with no costs !( and we need the IBAN and BIC numbers )

What is with the costs for you if we pay with credit card from Germany ?

...I'm so fortunate to have nice friends in England so they order somtimes for me - send me the plants and I send my friends later the money ( in Euro or in GBP )