Galanthus Winter 2010

[bulborum]

I have a few babies from Galanthus reginae olgae collected in Sicily
If you want

Roland

[Roma]

My only autumn/winter flowering Galanthus is going to be very late this year.  It usually starts flowering fairly early in November and goes on till February.  This year the buds were just showing colour when they got covered in snow on November 25th.  They reappeared somewhat flattened yesterday and are now covered in snow again.

[Martin Baxendale]

Roland, thanks for the Madelaine winning bid link.

[mark smyth]

Roma I like the comparison of your last two photos

[Alan_b]

By the sounds of the weather report, you might be able to manage something similar, eh Mark?

[Martin Baxendale]

Anyone remember exactly what that record price on ebay was a few years ago for a bulb of Ecusson d'Or ? I know it was over £200 and I'm thinking £240ish but can't recall exactly and can't find it in a search. I think that was the highest price on ebay for a snowdrop. The exact price or a close approximation would be useful for an article I'm working on.

[Maggi Young]

Strange that a search isn't showing it, Martin...... from January 2008
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=1246.msg29781#msg29781

It finally went for £131.98!

 Wondering if one went for more in 2009 0r 2010?
There is this thread about 2010 prices....http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=4793.0

[Martin Baxendale]

Thanks Maggi. Not sure why but my searches never seem to work well. Maybe I'm not using the search facility properly. But I'm sure there was one that went for a lot more than that.

[scatigaz]

Martin, depending on which site you look on it either went for £226 or £266.

[scatigaz]

Sorry got mixed up. It was flocon de neige that sold for over £200.

[mark smyth]

Alan my snowdrops are stuck. Those that are above ground have just stayed there. Three weeks frozen, a week defrosted and now covered in snow

[Martin Baxendale]

Sorry got mixed up. It was flocon de neige that sold for over £200.

Ah! That's was I was thinking of. I got mixed up too. Memory is going!

[emma T]

I think the highest paid for Ecusson d'or was from memory £236.

[Martin Baxendale]

I think I'll just go with well in excess of £200.

[Maggi Young]

I think I'll just go with well in excess of £200.

This from the RHS site.....
http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/News/Snowdrop-mania-takes-hold