Anyone For Swapping?

[Granite Chippings]

I hope you'll excuse my first posting being an offer of this nature. Last year I sold my excess snowdrops on eBay and though a profitable experience, I felt guilty at some of the ridiculous prices people were willing to pay. So in the hope of easing my conscience here goes. Hopefully I've chosen the correct forum to start my posting in.
I am splitting clumps of the following snowdrops, elwesii “Barnes”, “Atkinsii”, “Brenda Troyle”, nivalis “Lady Elphinstone”, “Maidwell L”, “Sybil Roberta”, “Nerissa”, “Merlin”, “Straffan”, “Ladt Beatrix Stanley”, nivalis “Scharlockii”, and “Ketton”.
Anybody interested in doing a swap? In addition to the ones I’m splitting I have the following :- “Augustus”, elwessi “Comet”, elwesii “David Shackleton”, elwesii “Yvonne Hay”, elwesii “Haydn”, nivalis “Sandersii Group”, nivalis “Anglesey Abbey”, nivalis “Viridapice”, nivalis “Pusey Green Tips”, nivalis “Blewberry Tart”, plicatus “Wendy’s Gold”, plicatus “ex Coton Manor”, “Sibbertoft Magnet”, “Cordelia”, “Hobson’s Choice”, “Hill Poe”, “White Dream”, “Hippolyta”, “Ophelia”, “Mighty Atom”, “S. Arnott”, “Titania”, “Benton Magnet”, woronowii, reginae olgae Sicilian form, peshmenii, byzantinus and rizehensis.
I’d be interested in swapping for any snowdrop that I don’t already own, no matter how common or otherwise.

[mark smyth]

I know a young guy who'll be jumping for joy at this offer!

[Maggi Young]

Hello, Paul,Welcome  to the Forum.

 I think your offer of swaps is very reasonable, though who might have an even larger collection than your own with which to swap, I am hard pressesd to imagine

Your signature amuses me:

Well someone has to live near Milton Keynes!

As someone once said, "I live close to Milton Keynes....... but not too close to MK because NOBODY wants to live TOO close to Milton Keynes" 

[mark smyth]

hi Paul!

So you say "no matter how common"! I'll dig all my nivalis for a swap!!

[Granite Chippings]

Hi Maggi and Mark
     I'm sure there are many people with even better collections. It was even better last year but I've had a few losses. Mark, well yes nivalis are common, perhaps I should have added ordinary nivalis and flore pleno to the ones I already own.
Just to make it clear, because reading my posting back it perhaps isn't, it's only the ones I'm splitting that I'm swapping this year. But perhaps a better selection next year.

[RichardW]

have the following available if there's anything you're interested in swapping....

plicatus Diggory (1 only)
gracilis Highdown (lots)
Mrs Backhouse No12 (2 only)
Green Necklace (1 only)
Peardrop (1 only)

would be interested in...

elwesii barnes, sybil roberta & nerissa

[Maggi Young]

Hello, Richard, welcome to the Forum and the section where White Fever reigns!

[RichardW]

thank you Maggi,

have been lurking & reading for some time & looking at some of the prices some drops are going for fever is the right word.

I work here...

http://www.beningtonlordship.co.uk/

not really on the Snowdrop map yet but we are working on it, our collection is growing slowly so a swapping thread was tempting 

[Maggi Young]

Nice place to work, Richard! A pleasant website to enjoy, too, thank you for the link.

[KentGardener]

Welcome Richard

I have heard good things about Benington Lordship from SRGC forum member David Quinton.

good luck with the swapping.

regards

John

[Hans J]

 Your signature amuses me:

Well someone has to live near Milton Keynes!

As someone once said, "I live close to Milton Keynes....... but not too close to MK because NOBODY wants to live TOO close to Milton Keynes" 

Maggi :

Do you not understand the words :"Well someone has to live near Milton Keynes"

It is easy : this is maybe the town where John Finch Mum live .....

 

He wrote : "I shall now keep quiet about where my Mum lives in case my inheritance from the house is damaged!"

[Maggi Young]

OOH!  Hans!! 

[Hans J]

Sorry Maggi....

I can't resist ....

[KentGardener]

Damn!  The secret it out...   

[Maggi Young]

I just hope Mrs Finch got a really nice gift for Mothering Sunday