2010/11 catalogues

[steve owen]

North Green Snowdrops catalogue arrived. As usual an appetising mixture of the known and the unusual, including some obtainable only via blind bids (a system John Morley has been using for a couple of years now).  Prices not necessarily cheap. The catalogue lists two Eastern European finds; an encouraging indication that some of the distinctive snowdrop finds from Europe may become available to us via UK nurserymen.

[mark smyth]

he is asking for bids for Galadriel but its available in Ebay

[Sean Fox]

he is asking for bids for Galadriel but its available in Ebay

I saw that too, anybody who is thinking of putting a bid in should know that BethChatto are selling them on a buy it now for £30 on e bay!

[Warren Desmond]

Bought a few bulbs from Beth Chatto last year and was very happy with the quality of the bulbs... and seem to be doing ok..think they were Bill Bishop,Mighty Atom &  Primrose's giant
Regards Warren

[steve owen]

Like Warren I think the Beth Chatto nursery plants are good and when one of mine bombed they replaced it nice as pie. On the minus side they are not cheap.

[Sean Fox]

My experience with Beth Chatto is that they are very generous with their bulbs that they sell. I too ordered a few snowdrops from them last year and when ordering one Bill Bishop they actually sent four good sized bulbs. I also got multiple bulbs with the others I ordered. Their snowdrop selection on the website is quite limited though, they sell their more unusual snowdrops on e-bay.

[chasw]

Well I had my list from Glen Chantry,placed my order,they arrived in great condition and are now potted up for a while before being transplanted into the garden ,very very pleased

[mark smyth]

I didn't get my list 

[chasw]

Mark would you like it sending?

Sent

[mark smyth]

yeah please

[loes]

Who is Glen Chantry?

[Maggi Young]

Who is Glen Chantry?

Glen Chantry is not a "who", Loes, it's a place.......it is the lovely home of Snowdrop specialists Sue and Wol Staines... it is no longer open to the public but you can see some photos here in the Forum : http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3698.0  and on their old website..... http://www.glenchantry.demon.co.uk/

[loes]

Ha,thanks Maggi.very,very nice pictures of the garden.

[Maggi Young]

It is a lovely place isn't it?   The Staines must work very hard to keep it so smart.... work to be proud of!

[Gail]

I've just had an email from Woottens nursery drawing attention to their snowdrop list - I've not bought from them but link here in case anyone is interested;
http://www.woottensplants.co.uk/index.html then follow advice in next post......