Snowdrop prices 2010

[mark smyth]

Cinderella? It doesnt look like that in a garden I visited last week but maybe the gardener made the mistake

[Maggi Young]

That's a cute one. Which is it?

I think it had to change it's name Mark due to the first choice being already taken?

Yes, but which is correct : Tinkerbell or Cinderella?

My guess though is this one came from Ian the Christie kind... so, is this Cinderella Scottish?

[Eric Locke]

Someone going under the name Thunderbug is selling Green Man but the photo doesnt match
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Galanthus-GreenMan_W0QQitemZ180482818690QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_HomeGarden_Garden_PlantsSeedsBulbs_JN?hash=item2a059d4282

Mark you are correct,this is nothing like "Green Man"
I have sent a message ,so will wait for an interesting reply.

Eric

Has addmitted mistake on first photo but says second is correct ,but it is so poor it could be anything !!!!!

Eric

[mark smyth]

yes it's difficult to tell

[Gerry]

Just a suggestion, but if everyone on this forum sold snowdrops on e-bay in quantity at fixed sensible prices then we should see the bottom fall out of the market. Sense would prevail

On the other hand, I know lots of people with large art collections... I don't see them flogging their stuff off on ebay ( or anywhere else) at fixed prices so others  can acquire them!

Possibly not quite the same, however expensive the snowdrop My point, which won't be lost on readers, is that this thread is self fulfilling. It allows us to bemoan prices in a public market, while quietly congratulating ourselves that we are 'the right sort' of people who don't need to stoop to mere money

[Maggi Young]

Just a suggestion, but if everyone on this forum sold snowdrops on e-bay in quantity at fixed sensible prices then we should see the bottom fall out of the market. Sense would prevail

On the other hand, I know lots of people with large art collections... I don't see them flogging their stuff off on ebay ( or anywhere else) at fixed prices so others  can acquire them!

Possibly not quite the same, however expensive the snowdrop

yes, well, not QUITE the same, I grant you! 

[Alan_b]

Possibly not quite the same, however expensive the snowdrop My point, which won't be lost on readers, is that this thread is self fulfilling. It allows us to bemoan prices in a public market, while quietly congratulating ourselves that we are 'the right sort' of people who don't need to stoop to mere money

Who's bemoaning?  Well you are, Gerry, but I'm still not sure why.  The eBay prices are "silly" because they often exceed the price you could pay for the same snowdrop from one of the specialist nurseries.  Presumably the people who bid don't know this.  This is the theme behind this thread.

But then we who pay more than £10 for a single bulb (and a small bulb at that) from the specialist nurseries are also silly because a bulb surely cannot be really worth that much?  It's a bubble and one day it will burst and we will find the snowdrop we paid £50 for this year can be bought for £5 next year.  

Most of the people on the forum like to swap but most of us also buy snowdrops.  We may marvel a little at the prices we pay but we still pay them!            

[Gerard Oud]

The first name Ian used for this snowdrop was Tinkerbell. And i think he had the best rights on that name because the writer from Peter Pan came from Kirriemuir. Later we heard from Chris Sanham that this name had been choosen before. Now we have changed it into Cinderella, and yes its a Scottish one!

[galanthophile]

Just joined this thread so apologies if it's been covered before but where is a good place to buy snowdrops (from specialist nurseries) at a "reasonable" price and how far in advance should one be ordering?

[Gordon Cottis]

I've been impressed with Avon bulbs plants and prices this year. They have even reduced the prices of some of the older but still very good varieties and they are offering free delivery on snowdrop orders.
 This isn't to say there aren't a number of other good and reliable nurseries.
 

[Alan_b]

Many snowdrop growers and nurseries issue "lists".  In the first instance, have a look in the "2010 Catalogues" thread to find out which lists people are getting excited over.

Then some nurseries have sales tables at events.  For example, a big part of Joe Sharman's "Galanthus Gala" is the scrum round the sales tables after the talks are over.

Gardens that open to show-off their snowdrops often have sales where you can buy some of the harder-to-find cultivars.

[mark smyth]

A wee bird told me Ronald McKenzie sent out non flowering bulbs again.

[Eric Locke]

A wee bird told me Ronald McKenzie sent out non flowering bulbs again.

Perhaps if everyone sent them back things would improve.

Eric

[GoodGrief]

A wee bird told me Ronald McKenzie sent out non flowering bulbs again.

7 out of 8 plants were in flower... so no complaints from this quarter. Can't speak for the other three!!

[annew]

He sent me two of the variety that was non-flowering, so I'm not complaining either!