Dunblane Early Bulb Display 21 February 2015

[angie]

Great day again. Its always something to look forward to and it never disappoints.
Loved that little Cyclamen alpinum, it was just so perfect.

Angie 

[Carol Shaw]

Good to see everyone yesterday - even though I didn't manage to talk to most of you! The retic. Irises were indeed fantastic Matt and I just had to have a few from John A

[Matt T]

Good to see everyone yesterday - even though I didn't manage to talk to most of you! The retic. Irises were indeed fantastic Matt and I just had to have a few from John A

Good on you, Carol! They're certainly my plant of the moment, and I think they'd fill a gap between the end of the winter and start of the spring Narcissus.

[alant]

Last few
Ranunculus calandrinioides
Helleborus thibetanus
Primula  -  was it bhutanica?  should have written it down

The primula was whitei 'Arduaine'.  Jim Jermyn named the primula Arduaine as he got the original plants from the gardens at Arduaine.

[alant]

My first reaction to Sandy Leven's pink troughs was one of shock and awe!  Shock at the pink plastic troughs, I think most 'rockers' like their troughs to be grey, a bit like their hair (in my case at least),  and awe at the mouthwatering snowdrops beautifully planted in the troughs.  Sandy might have started a new trend.

[Maggi Young]

Yes, the pink was a bit of a fright errr, surprise.......

I've been considering various scenarios ....

1) Sandy decides to have these portable gardens and rushes to the store ....
1A)  "I'll  see if they've got pink - that would be best "......     OR
1B) sees the pink containers and thinks  "that'll cheer things up a bit and get folk talking"....  OR
1C) rushes round but the only containers available in the quantity he needs are pink....   OR
1D) Finds that pink containers are at a super-duper bargain price, that he simply cannot resist........

...... what's your bet? 

[ChrisB]

I think D myself 

[David Nicholson]

Leaving aside, for the moment, perceived national traits I'd go for (D) also

[carolesmith]

As someone married to a Scotsman I would also venture (D)

[Tim Ingram]

I must say I think I preferred the hosta leaves in a gin bottle! (at Olga's talk last year)

[fermi de Sousa]

I think a combination of A to D, or "all of the above"!!!!
 
cheers
fermi

[angie]

Its got to be D . We love a bargain in Scotland and it doesn't matter what it is as long as its reduced 

Angie 

[Tim Ingram]

Oh Angie - don't you think a fine plant deserves a good setting  . If the plant is valued so much surely its setting is also part of it, and alpines of all plants benefit from this. So I think Sandy might have been provocative but it's for him to say... (I am probably being a bit literal as Maggi has said elsewhere - but after all he could have used an old pair of boots like this example...)

[Roma]

The primula was whitei 'Arduaine'.  Jim Jermyn named the primula Arduaine as he got the original plants from the gardens at Arduaine.

Thanks Alan.  I have changed the name in my post.
Can someone help with the name of the dark blue Scilla?

[J.B.Wyllie]

Roma The blue scilla is mine. My label sais Scilla melaina from Gothenburg seed KPPZ 90-94 planted in 1996.
Hope this helps
Jean