Little help wished

[Hagen Engelmann]

Lesley,

Peter is a gardener and I´m a garden architect.
When we speak about plants, so it is his work but my hobby.
When we speak about the park, so it is his hobby but my work.
It is a good constellation. And then there are still the snowdrops....

[François Lambert]

Oh well, I must have the perfect galanthus for your project.  They grow naturalised all over my lawn and have developed to a real massive display.  I'll post a pic later this spring when they are at their best, right now they are popping up and just beginning to show buds.  I have been looking for seeds the last two years, but the pods I checked were all empty, but they must make seeds every now and then, otherwise I can't see how they can start new clumps meters away from any other clump.  And mine do seem to thrive well in places that get lots of sun - although the main clump is in the shade of some oversized christmas trees, some seedling clumps have developed to form colonies of probably +100 bulbs each on much more sunny spots.  I will send dormant bulbs when they are ready.  I was planning anyway to dig up one clump to plant some Galanthus at another spot in a bright woodland of Fraxinus Excelsior.

I don't know which Galanthus it is, they were already growing in the garden when we purchased the house.  But the pic below is from last year, so you have already some idea of what I will send you 

[Anne Repnow]

Peter's project is well known in Germany and we German galanthophiles have sent him hundreds of parcels of our snowdrops in the past years (me, too...). As far as I know they have all thrived and the park in Uebigau is starting to have a wonderful display of drops. He is quite happy about normal G. nivalis, so there is no need to dig up treasures.

[Tim Ingram]

These are G. nivalis naturalising under apples in our garden, as the result of 'sowing' nearly ripe seedpods a few years ago. If Peter would like to have a go at this I can send the seed pods in the summer (might need a reminder!). Nice project, and nice to know more about snowdrops in Germany. I shall have to tell my good friend in Köln.

[annew]

A great idea ,Tim.

[Hagen Engelmann]

Francosi, I'm curios to your plants.

[François Lambert]

Francosi, I'm curios to your plants.

I put a reminder in my calendar at the end of May to dig some up and send to you.  Usually the foliage has withered by then.

Pleased to help you !

François

[zwerggarten]

come on, you are not going to let this just die?! this is no hoax, it is real and a great project, without any ulterior motive - peter really is a heart breaking down-to-earth-gardener, please give him a chance - and some bulbs.

[annew]

I'll try and send some in the summer - is there a preferred time?

[RichardW]

Got plenty of nivalis  including some that flower slightly later than the masses, will pack some up.

[zwerggarten]

@annew: i don't think so, even if peter usually is plugging still flowering snowdrops... i am sure he will adapt!
_{though he would prefer them in the green and as soon as possible...}

@ richardw:

[Hagen Engelmann]

Peter`s story:
http://forum.garten-pur.de/index.php?board=26;action=display;threadid=51129;start=0

[zwerggarten]

Peter`s story ...

the request in 2012

[hwscot]

Hagen, how would you translate 'Tuffs' .. is it just 'bulbs' .. colloquial ..?

[zwerggarten]

i think, in english it is: "clumps"