]I have just been given the very sad news that the respected plantswoman and snowdrop lover, Ruby Baker, has passed away.
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Ruby Baker - photo by John Weagle -from a forum post wishing Ruby Baker birthday greetings in October, 2013.
Probably one of the greatest galanthophiles, Ruby Baker was known throughout the world and very much admired both for her knowledge and kindness.
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Galanthus 'Ruby Baker'- photo by the late David Quinton
Mrs Baker and her late husband David are both commemorated by snowdrops bearing their name.
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Forumist Hagen Engelmann has named one of his selections from Galanthus peshmenii as
G. 'Ruby's Geburtstagsblumen'
Other plants have been named for the charming Mrs Baker - such as a white-eyed mauve Vinca 'Ruby Baker’
In a
Telegraph article of 15th March 2011 about the snowdrop world's "immortals" by Val Bourne, Ruby Baker was described as "everyone's favourite galanthophile" - I don't think anyone could better that as a description of the lady.
Ruby Baker will be very sadly missed.
