Galanthus - Ebay digression 2012

[Alan_b]

And now there is a new one up for auction - which I am currently winning with a bid of £1.04.

[Sean Fox]

Good luck with that Alan 
It is a slight fall on last year, I wonder if we've seen the peak with snowdrop prices. It does seem to me that some of the more
readily available snowdrop prices are coming down, or is it just wishful thinking on my part?

[mark smyth]

what did Green Tear go for?

[Maggi Young]

what did Green Tear go for?

Read the previous page, Mark! £300

[mark smyth]

OK. Just home and excited  Anyone got a screen shot?

[Sean Fox]

OK. Just home and excited  Anyone got a screen shot?

Hopefully this link should take you to the right page Mark....

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/270888269323?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

[steve owen]

At least Green Tear is available. There are plenty of varieties in the "Snowdrops" book that are never heard of eleven years after it was published.

[Maggi Young]

At least Green Tear is available. There are plenty of varieties in the "Snowdrops" book that are never heard of eleven years after it was published.

very true.

[mark smyth]

yes it would be good to see some if not all those that are in the book even if it is simply to see in a garden or pot

[mark smyth]

Green Tear - "Please note as we are the finder of this snowdrop:We are the only one that sell genuine 'Green Tear' bulbs."

That's until the twinscales start to flower in a year or two

[Alan_b]

There are plenty of varieties in the "Snowdrops" book that are never heard of eleven years after it was published.

Perhaps you should compile a list, Steve, and publish it here if it's not too long.  That way we might track a few of them down (though I suspect many are gone for good or, at best, only exist in one person's garden). 

[Brian Ellis]

Green Tear - "Please note as we are the finder of this snowdrop:We are the only one that sell genuine 'Green Tear' bulbs."

That's until the twinscales start to flower in a year or two

Put me down for one please Mark

[mark smyth]

Because it had stalled at £107 I thought about bidding for it and sending it away for twinning

If only I had one to spare. Whoever bought it last year might have some to sell next year

[KentGardener]

There are plenty of varieties in the "Snowdrops" book that are never heard of eleven years after it was published.

Perhaps you should compile a list, Steve, and publish it here if it's not too long.  That way we might track a few of them down (though I suspect many are gone for good or, at best, only exist in one person's garden). 

Alan and Steve

I agree that it might, sadly  , be a very long list - but definitely a list that could be worth compiling.   

I know in a previous year someone has asked if 'Chadwicks Cream' still existed and happily it was possible for members to confirm it had been seen (admittedly in extremely small numbers) alive and well in a garden and looking beautiful.   

Pooling SRGC members knowledge of plants that have been seen (or never seen  ) could be a very worthwhile process (As long as we keep the gardens we have seen them in secret to save the poor owners of these rarities from being bombarded with requests).

Steve - if you already have  - or would be happy to create a list of Galanthus cultivars you have never seen it definitely could be the start of an interesting new thread to see us through the next few months.   

[steve owen]

There are plenty of varieties in the "Snowdrops" book that are never heard of eleven years after it was published.

Perhaps you should compile a list, Steve, and publish it here if it's not too long.  That way we might track a few of them down (though I suspect many are gone for good or, at best, only exist in one person's garden). 

Alan and Steve

I agree that it might, sadly  , be a very long list - but definitely a list that could be worth compiling.   

I know in a previous year someone has asked if 'Chadwicks Cream' still existed and happily it was possible for members to confirm it had been seen (admittedly in extremely small numbers) alive and well in a garden and looking beautiful.   

Pooling SRGC members knowledge of plants that have been seen (or never seen  ) could be a very worthwhile process (As long as we keep the gardens we have seen them in secret to save the poor owners of these rarities from being bombarded with requests).

Steve - if you already have  - or would be happy to create a list of Galanthus cultivars you have never seen it definitely could be the start of an interesting new thread to see us through the next few months.   

Oi'll give it a go.
Ebay prices for 2011/12 are within a whisker of 2010/11, taken over a comparison list of fifty varieties.