G. nivalis 'Verdure'

[Matt Bishop]

Dear All,

Just a quick message from Alan Street at Avon Bulbs to anyone who has ordered G. nivalis 'Verdure'. The name is already in use for a green-leaved clone of this species which we found in Normandy and distributed at The Garden House Snowdrop Study Day in 2012, albeit in small numbers. Alan will provide a new name for the clone with a diffuse inner segment marking and green apical outer segment marks. Profuse apologies!

[steve owen]

Ok thanks Matt. I did buy the original Verdure from you and just assumed Avon's was the same. Eternal vigilance etc. Incidentally having just acquired Quatrefoil from you I will have to rename my own plant with that name - happily not distributed anywhere else.

[zorija]

Message from Avon bulbs :-

We would like to advise you that unfortunately we have had to re-name the snowdrop ‘Verdure’ as the name is already in use for a green-leaved clone of this species which was found in Normandy and distributed at the Garden House Snowdrop Study day in 2012.

This snowdrop is as described in our email,  ‘Nivalis, from Normandy, an enchanting green tip with pale green washed inner marking’, and has been re-named  ‘Verdigris’.

We apologise for this error.

[Alan_b]

Verdant
Verdantique
Verderer
Verdict
Verdigris
Verditer
Verdure

Still a few verd...s left, I think, although I cannot be sure that none of the others remain unused.  And has Verdi yet been added to the 'composers' series?

[mark smyth]

A few left ... don't tempt me!

[Maggi Young]

I'll whisper this  ....... Verdure sounds too much like Ordure for my liking..... 

[Mavers]

I had to look that word up Maggi.

The coows dump eeps of it down yer, but Oi've nev'r yerd it cald that b'for............

[emma T]

I had too look up that word too ! 

Verdure , makes me think of V-ger , star track the motion picture rather than poop

[Mavers]

Did you splash out Em?

[emma T]

No not on this one ! Others maybe 

[Mavers]

Is there a picture of g.Verdigris anywhere?

[Maggi Young]

There's a photo of 'Verdigris ' right here  :

 

Many thanks to Matt Bishop for sending through the picture which I'm posting on his behalf.
Matt said  " please make my apologies to yourself and the SRGC ers for being a techno-dunce"   

[emma T]

Thanks for the photo to all involved . It's a nice looking plant.

[mark smyth]

I like it! Why didn't I buy it!?

[Mavers]

Just what I'm thinking Mark.

Thanks Matt & Maggi for the photo.