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annew:
Starting tonight on EBAY – our FINAL listings for 2024.

DRYAD APOLLO, sixteen years in the making, is again the star of the show. I’m not sure whether any will be available next year, as I need to increase my stock again, so this might be the last chance to add this rare beauty to your collection for a while.
Two of our other new snowdrops are also taking their final bow - DRYAD MINUET, the neat little green with the horizontal blaze of emerald, and the perky attitude, and DRYAD REMUS, the rare true inverse poculiform, each segment with a green stripe down the centre.

Three of our new miniatures head up the daffodil section, cheeky DUCKLING with its golden flared trumpet and gently reflexed perianth, contrasts with the sharper, sleeker and more swept back FOLLETTA.
Twinkling STARINA, in snowy white and less than 3cm across, centred with the starry, six-lobed corona completes the new trio.
Apparently zooming in at the last minute, the completely reflexed perianth of SWIFTLET is enhanced by its glistening, pale lemon colour, maturing to all white.


As usual, you can find the listings here: https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/dryadzny/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=
GOOD LUCK!

annew:
Our final listings for 2024 finish tonight – so this is your last chance to add our exclusive snowdrops and daffodils to your collections.
In the season finale, DRYAD APOLLO, DRYAD MINUET and DRYAD REMUS share the snowdrop billing, while the daffodil ensemble sports golden DUCKLING and FOLLETTA, sparkling white STARINA and the baby of the bunch, SWIFTLET.

Meanwhile, our overseas orders will be on their way next week, and my house can stop being a packing shed, and become a sorting shed for The Grand Repotting. I can finally take off my dispatch / IT / social media department hats and stick to just my comfortable potting one.

My thanks to all our customers and bidders for your orders, and your support. I hope you have a wonderful spring in 2025.

You can find the final listings here: https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/dryadzny/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=
GOOD LUCK!

annew:
Our new autumn snowdrop seedling  AW 4819 caused a bit of a stir at the recent AGS show at RHS Harlow Carr, and along with some very nice silverware, was given an Award of Merit by the Joint Rock Garden Committee. When this happens, it is required to give the plant a name, so I would consequently like to introduce DRYAD REGINA.
This queen among snowdrops was named in homage to her parent species, G. reginae-olgae, but also as a nod to our other Autumn Aristocrats group, to which she is related through a common mother species, and yet with a slightly different heritage – the other Aristocrats have G. peshmenii as pollen parent.
DRYAD REGINA is a seedling from G. reginae-olgae ‘Blanc de Chine’, a much sought-after albino variety of the familiar autumn-flowering species from Greece.  Dryad Regina’s shapely flowers are not completely white, retaining two faint green spots at the apex of the inner segments, and a green wash on the underside. The two varieties converge, however, when you bear in mind that ‘Blanc de Chine’ occasionally shows green on the inners, and Dryad Regina’s flowers mature to almost completely white (if not pollinated – that makes the flowers go over too quickly to show the change).
The outer segments of Dryad Regina are fuller and more rounded than Blanc de Chine, giving the flower more impact. It also seems to be more vigorous, Blanc de Chine being known for its miffiness and slow increase. Both cultivars flower before the leaves emerge.
G. reginae-olgae DRYAD REGINA description:
Ex G. reginae-olgae ‘Blanc de Chine’, sown 2017. Flowering in October at 140mm high, before the leaves emerge. The spathe is curved, and slightly shorter than the pedicel, while the ovary is egg-shaped. The outer segments are 27mm long, and 17mm wide (when flattened) and rounded, with a 6mm long ‘claw’. The inner segments are 12mm long by 10mm wide and bear two faint green spots at the apex, fading as the flower matures. The underside of the inners shows pale green shading between the veins. The flowers are scented with a fresh grassy or citrus-like perfume.

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