Mailorder Snowdrops

[Leena]

Avon Bulbs have been excellent for dormant bulbs.

In Avon Bulb pages they say that they sell in-in-green.
Do they have a dormant bulb list separately later in the summer?

[Brian Ellis]

Yes they do, I'll send you a PM

[Leena]

Thank you Brian.

[MR GRUMPY]

Has anyone received Angela Whinfield's list yet?

Try the website again  .

[David Nicholson]

http://www.snapecottagegarden.co.uk/snowdrops_for_sale.htm


http://www.snapecottagegarden.co.uk/Snowdrop%20mail%20order%20form%202014.pdf

[MR GRUMPY]

Thanks David.

[kGarden]

On e-bay do they sell as dorasnowdrops and simplysnowdrops ? Just put 2 & 2 together to make the proverbial 5 as both registered as coming from Thurston or Bury St Edmunds which is the same address as Harveys and a few plants have the same photo? I bought some drops from simplysnowdrops including a couple of £20 cowhouse greens which along with the others were very good plants. May be different people and coincidental, if not why the mystery?

I bought some from both eBay accounts (assuming they were probably one and the same entity) and intending to collect them I asked if I could collect both together.  I'm pretty sure they said the reason for the two accounts were that the bulbs were at separate locations and thus presumably, having two eBay accounts enabled them to despatch directly from each.  Either way, they collected all my order together so I could collect them as one.

[Anne Repnow]

http://www.snapecottagegarden.co.uk/snowdrops_for_sale.htm

http://www.snapecottagegarden.co.uk/Snowdrop%20mail%20order%20form%202014.pdf

She only mails to UK and NI... 

[steve owen]

I hadn't noticed this thread before. I have no connection with Harveys but can I say that Roger Harvey seems to be a man of integrity and my expectation is that if a customer had a problem with any plant received from Harveys, he would be keen to sort it out quickly (as he did once for me).

Perhaps two other points could be made. First, that even in well-run suppliers the occasional diseased bulb can get through quality control. Or develop disease although the bulb received seemed sound.

Second, that I am now well-used to the phenomenon of planting an ok-looking bulb and finding that the next growing season it either sends up a wispy single leaf or "sleeps" completely. The trick is to resist the temptation to dig it up, but instead to water the site with something strong (against eg narcissus fly or fungal problem) and then wait a year. Some bulbs resent disturbance and experience a major check on growth that can last even two years. 

[Anne Repnow]

Just a Little update: Harveys was very friendly and forthcoming. I returned the snowdrops I was disappointed with and got my money back.

[mark smyth]

I like Beth Chatto Gardens! Its been mentioned many times on here how good they are

[Anne Repnow]

I couldn't agree more.
But they only send plants to UK or NI... 

[Leena]

Just a Little update: Harveys was very friendly and forthcoming. I returned the snowdrops I was disappointed with and got my money back.

This is good to know, but still a lot of extra work for you, not to speak of that now you have to start to look for the right snowdrops somewhere else.  I understand that mistakes happen.
I have received many wrong plants from different places (but no snowdrops) and I never order again from those companies. But I guess there are always new customers even if they lose me as a customer.

[Mavers]

Yes Mark I forgot about Beth Chatto, they're usually very generous with their excellent bulbs.

[steve owen]

I can recommend Andrew and Anita Thorpe of Theddingworth in Leicestershire (contact info can be googled). I don't think they have a website but they have an excellent range of snowdrops at reasonable prices.