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Quote from: Olga Bondareva on April 12, 2009, 08:18:22 AMOh! It was not April, 1st? Robin, it's great! May I take place in a queue for a bulb?Olga,I will wait 2 more years before distributing G. "Green Mile".I'm a bit surprised that a modest little Galanthus excites more enthousiasm than more spectacular plants such as Arisaema and Trillium. Sorry galanthophiles Robin
Oh! It was not April, 1st? Robin, it's great! May I take place in a queue for a bulb?
Lastly from Covertside....Freddie who?johnw
Quote from: johnw on March 10, 2009, 01:44:19 AMLastly from Covertside....Freddie who?johnwJohn - not sure if you got an id on this one, but it is G. 'Chastleton Freddie', one of 25 seedlings selected by Daphne Chappell & John Sales from the neglected garden of Chastleton House (see Transcript of the Ninth Galanthus Gala 2006)
Afraid not Paddy and a large number of these seedlings have been named - I have now identified over 1500 named snowdrops, over and above those that appeared in 'Snowdrops', and I continue to find new ones almost daily!
Chris, you put round a note last year about the follow-up to the Snowdrops book that touched on the point of distinctiveness. How and by whom is a judgement being made about naming new and "different" varieties, and is there a danger of the market being swamped by unworthy look-alikes?Ian Christie's recent pic of the yellow Harrison woronowii - now that's different!
Martin Baxendale also often reminds us that the snowdrop should have other attributes such as being strong and healthy, high disease resistance etc.