Re: Winter snowdrops

[Brian Ellis]

Well, I could only be half as bad cuz I'm not too fussed on the doubles.

Slippery slope here I come!  I also like Lady Beatrix Stanley and Lady Elphinstone.

[mark smyth]

Brian what was the big neat +double that caused  stir at the 2007 Gala? I think David Bromley was selling it

[maggiepie]

I couldn't find a pic of Lady Beatrix Stanley.
I did find a pic of Greatorex 'Hippolyta', have to say I quite liked it.
To me the single ones are the most beautiful though.
Yesterday I spent hours looking old threads and looking at pics and some of the ones I thought were the most beautiful Mark says are nothing special.
Some of the doubles remind me of Scarlett O'Hara's ballgown in GWTW.

[Paddy Tobin]

Quote from David N: "Although I like Snowdrops I'm not a 'Galanthophile' but I have to say I find 'Castlegar' in particular very beautiful."



David, You are a man of exquisite taste - choosing a particularly nice Irish snowdrop.

Paddy
 

[Maggi Young]

Some of the doubles remind me of Scarlett O'Hara's ballgown in GWTW.

Yeah, run up from old curtains! 


Trust me, Helen, I'm not a doctor........ you keep away from the doubles, in snowdrops and practically EVERY OTHER flower and you'll be just fine!

         

Now, do as I say..... step AWAY from the double snowies.......
 take this............ you'll soon feel better...

             

[David Nicholson]

Good job Maureen's not reading this she would never get used to seeing the words 'David' and 'taste' in the same sentence, apart from the sentence that reads, of course 'David married Maureen'


Well Paddy it really is exquisite.

[maggiepie]

Some of the doubles remind me of Scarlett O'Hara's ballgown in GWTW.

Yeah, run up from old curtains! 

Nah, not that one, the dress she wore at the picnic in the early part of the movie, was a gorgeous white and green dress.

http://www.cardboardstandups.com/images/Standups/649%20Scarlett%20O%27Hara.jpg

[Maggi Young]

Nah, not that one, the dress she wore at the picnic in the early part of the movie, was a gorgeous white and green dress.

http://www.cardboardstandups.com/images/Standups/649%20Scarlett%20O%27Hara.jpg

Now that is a pretty dress, and yes, quite like a snowdrop, white with green bits.......

[johnw]

What do the rest of you say?

I vote for Lady Elphinstone and Hill Poe, but one must have them all for a fair comparison. Poor Barbara's Double made her way from Germany but packed her bags before flowering.

johnw - wonderful day here to +4c but a blizzard warning is to be issued shortly.

[maggiepie]

John, are yours all planted in the ground or pots?
What is the hardy zone for these, are some less hardy?

[Brian Ellis]

Brian what was the big neat +double that caused  stir at the 2007 Gala? I think David Bromley was selling it

I'm afraid I have never been to the Gala before Mark!  I suppose you don't mean 'Lady Fairhaven'?

Helen I am sure Janet won't mind if I point you towards her website, but just remember You have been warned they are addictive.

http://www.judyssnowdrops.co.uk/Plant_Profiles/Hybrids_Double/lady_beatrix_stanley/lady_beatrix_stanley.htm

[mark smyth]

That's her. Do you have it?

[johnw]

John, are yours all planted in the ground or pots?
What is the hardy zone for these, are some less hardy?

Mainly in pots to keep them from getting mixed up.

You should be okay with nivalis, elwesii, plicatus and woronwii and hybrids thereof in New Brunswick.   If you have decent soil that is not too acidy these should do for you.  G. reginae-olgae and G. ikariae might be very iffy.

Mercifully -for your pocketbook at least - there are virtually no sources for many of the named varieties in North America.  Thimble Farms in B.C. has a few old sorts. The hunt and lust are symptomatic.

johnw 

[maggiepie]

Helen I am sure Janet won't mind if I point you towards her website, but just remember You have been warned they are addictive.

http://www.judyssnowdrops.co.uk/Plant_Profiles/Hybrids_Double/lady_beatrix_stanley/lady_beatrix_stanley.htm

Brian, I will admit she is absolutely exquisite.

I hope you won't make me eat my porridge.

[Brian Ellis]

No Mark, I have her on the list of wants.  Unfortunately as the list gets shorter I hear of interesting new snowdrops so it just gets longer again   Perhaps she will be at the Gala.  I had the pleasure of meeting the real Ailwyn, Lord Fairhaven at Kirtling Tower (no haven't got that one either!) but Lady Fairhaven had taken a huge number of ladies in the family on an annual holiday so we missed her.  In restoring Kirtling Tower and the grounds they cleared large areas of brambles etc round the moat and found that the next year they had many ancient narcissus bulbs come into flower as well as Tulipa sylvestris.  The garden is one I would like to visit later in the year, Richard Ayres took us round and has a hand in the overall plan.