Galanthus Events 2009

[Paddy Tobin]

Ian,

I'm delighted with it. I had seen only one in flower here in the garden last year and then received a lot of bulbs from the lady who has kept it going since 1940 when she, with her mother, received bulbs from Lady Moore. These are now in flower here and have transferred with no obvious losses. I can spare a bulb if you wish.

Paddy

[Hagen Engelmann]

Paddy, I can hear, how the bells ringing. Noble

[ian mcenery]

Thank you Paddy such an elegant looking drop . I will email you separately

[KentGardener]

Finally - some pictures of a few 'new finds', some of them still un-named.....

.......An un-named nivalis poculiformis (the best example I have seen of this - extremely regular, shapely flowers on every flower in the clump)
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I have heard that this drop is now known as 'poculiformis Mark Solomon' (and is being sold on ebay as I type)

John

[Jo]

Hi John that poc looks a lot like 'Moreton Mill'. This clump was at Margaret Owen's last Sunday.

What a wonderful collection she has, hundreds of different varieties all growing like mad, and a nice man with a fork digging them up for reasonable remuneration.

I expect there were limits, I didn't test them cos the sales bench easily cleared out what was left of my spending money. ( Except for Basil Smiths hellebores later that day, but thats a different genus  )

[Martin Baxendale]

Hi John that poc looks a lot like 'Moreton Mill'. This clump was at Margaret Owen's last Sunday.

What a wonderful collection she has, hundreds of different varieties all growing like mad, and a nice man with a fork digging them up for reasonable remuneration.

Jo, you're going to make me cry! My car broke down on the way to Margaret Owen's on Sunday so I didn't make it there. The Fates seem to conspire to keep me away from brilliant snowdrop days and fellow growers.        I'd have loved to have seen 'Moreton Mill' in the flesh.

[KentGardener]

Hi Jo

it is pretty damn close isn't it!   

I shall ask the person who found 'Mark Solomon' where it was found.

Margaret's day sounds great - What did the nice man dig up for you?  (Did the nice man have an Irish accent?)

Cheers

John

[Jo]

Poor Martin   it was inspiring, I don't know how many forumists made it. There was so much to see and it was really crowded. Had a good chat with Mark, Bob and Margaret.

The thing I liked most about it was that it was all for Shrewsbury Multiple Sclerosis Club. So when I bought 'Godfrey Owen' they just asked me to make out the cheque directly to the charity.

[Jo]

I didn't ask for anything specifically but was at the packing bench as Godfrey Owen came in so was lucky to get one .

[mark smyth]

Lucky you! I was packing and didnt get one.

[Jo]

   :-[Sorry Mark 

[mark smyth]

and a nice man with a fork digging them up for reasonable remuneration.

I should point out that although the garden owner was lifting plants and giving some away the 'nice man' was following her instructions on what to lift. These were brought to the packing shed/sales room to be bagged in single bulb or multiple bulbs depending on the variety. The total raised from snowdrops and food was over £4000 all going to MS - not me!

One snowdrop was lifted by mistake either his or her mistake and sold as 'Merlin'. It obviously wasnt but is a very nice tall elwesii with two tiny marks and no notch

[Hagen Engelmann]

Not only for the German lurkers

Galanthus - Treffen 2009
       der Gartenbotanischen Vereinigung 
       27. Februar bis 1. März 2009

in Hotel Haus Nicklass
   Künzelsauer Str. 1
   74653 Ingelfingen

All galanthophile are welcome

[Alan_b]

Are there any UK events on this weekend?  Or is it all over now until 2009?

[RichardW]

we're (Benington Lordship) still open today & tomorrow 12 - 4 and unusually for our last weekend the drops all still look lovely