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Mavers
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Garden Centre Find
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February 16, 2009, 08:52:37 AM »
Hello fellow 'philes
I thought you'd like to see a snowdrop I bought at a local nursery in a pot of 5 so called 'nivalis' but I'm not sure how to upload the jpgs.
Maggi can you help........or anyone else?
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Mike
Somerset, UK
Anthony Darby
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Re: Garden Centre Find
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February 16, 2009, 10:04:03 AM »
Mike, when you open a 'reply' page, click '
+ Additional options...
' bottom left of the box in which you are typing. The just 'Browse' until you find the Jpeg. As long as it is 350kb or less it will upload. To add more, click '
more attachments
' and it will open another browse line.
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Anthony Darby, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Re: Garden Centre Find
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February 16, 2009, 10:21:09 AM »
OK Anthony I'm at work so I'll have a go during my coffee break in 10mins or so.
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Mike
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Re: Garden Centre Find
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February 16, 2009, 10:52:06 AM »
Ok here goes................
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Mike
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February 16, 2009, 11:24:57 AM »
Very nice indeed. I presume it's an elwesii, although I can't quite tell from the photos.
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Re: Garden Centre Find
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February 16, 2009, 11:37:51 AM »
Great Mike, having spent a fortune at the weekend it's good to know that there are still bargains to be had out there
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Brian Ellis, Brooke, Norfolk UK. altitude 30m Mintemp -8C
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Re: Garden Centre Find
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February 16, 2009, 12:05:48 PM »
It was labeled as nivalis but I would say it was elwesii.
There were 5 bulbs in the pot growing in very wet peat based compost. Two bulbs had gone over, one was in flower (still is), a typical elwesii, nice but not remarkable & one is a very small elwesii type that looks very neat in stature.......I'm keeping an eye on this one as well as the one in the photos.
All the bulbs were good size & all had a great many vigorous roots.
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Mike
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Re: Garden Centre Find
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February 16, 2009, 12:11:47 PM »
Well done Mike... on finding the nice 'drops and on loading the pix! Thanks to Anthony for his good advice.... I've been having a morning off
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Re: Garden Centre Find
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February 16, 2009, 12:23:56 PM »
Hi Mike
it is nice to find good'uns in the garden centre isn't it. In previous years I have always scanned the shelves looking for nice markings. I have found some nice elwesii finds too - unfortunately I have never found them very long lasting. I had a nice fat one that looked rather like your find - but this year it too seems to have gone to the great snowdrop heaven.
Fingers crossed that your find turns out to be long lived.
Regards
John
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John
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Re: Garden Centre Find
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February 16, 2009, 12:50:14 PM »
Glad you all like it.
Heaven must be full of the very best snowdrops John as it seems to be the most treasured ones that give up the ghost all too readily!
I showed it to Angela Winfield on Saturday whilst I was at Snape Cottage & she thought it was a significant find. She said it reminded her of a greentipped Diggory (before it lifts up the outer petals).
I was helping her with some final titivating of the garden ready for the first of her snowdrops Sundays this year.
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Mike
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Re: Garden Centre Find
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February 16, 2009, 04:25:51 PM »
I bought four pots of elwesii at a local garden centre. I separated out many different markings (over 22), including one with green tips rather like mike's. I have made a note of the different marks and potted them up singly to see what they look like next year.
I note everyone's comments about garden centre snowdrops not being long lived, but I hope some will disprove that and muliply.
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Arthur Nicholls
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February 16, 2009, 04:58:39 PM »
I hope their long lived as well art cos I love my new drop!
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Mike
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February 17, 2009, 08:49:07 AM »
Hi Rob, when my neighbours see me going around my garden when I get home form work, croopied down with a torch to look at my little beauties.......(my
snowdrops
that is!) they surely must think I'm bonkers.
I've also given up trying to explain to others in my office why its not madness being so enthusiastic about snowdrops when all the Philistines see is little white blobs.
Its good to find fellowship here!!!!
Mike
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Mike
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February 17, 2009, 08:55:55 AM »
croopied
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Arthur Nicholls
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February 17, 2009, 09:37:59 AM »
Quote from: art600 on February 17, 2009, 08:55:55 AM
croopied
According to the 'Somerset dictionary' Croopy down means to squat down.
According to the 'new urban dictionary' - Croopy means a man with a permanently floppy 'you know what'!
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John
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