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JOINT ROCK GARDEN PLANT COMMITTEE (JRGPC) AND BULB COMMITTEEROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY – ALPINE GARDEN SOCIETY – SCOTTISH ROCK GARDEN CLUBSNOWDROP GROUPThis group has been set up under the auspices of the Royal Horticultural Society to access snowdrops for the Award of Garden Merit (AGM) with the prime intention of producing a list of the very best for gardens in Britain and abroad. The working party consists of Dick Bathe, Christopher Grey-Wilson (Chairman), Rod Leeds, Jan Pennings*, Mary Ridley and Alan Street* but with a remit to seek advice widely from galanthophiles at home and abroad. * Representing the RHS Bulb Committee.This is an important survey with the intention of producing a publication at the conclusion of the survey. We would ask as many of you to help as possible ….. the more the better and the more meaningful the final result. The remit is to list those snowdrops (species and cultivars) which you consider are the very best as garden plants, those that perform and multiply well in the garden to make a good display. The rare and expensive should be excluded however delightful they are as plants. What we would like is a list of 30 snowdrops that you personally have found do well in your garden or vicinity, including autumn, winter and spring flowering ones. There is no need to list 30 if you feel only 15 or 20 deserve acclamation. Thanks in advance.
This is a quote from a form distributed at the AGS Snowdrop Day last weekend. Despite what it says, I have had to take the initiative to post it here and the deadline for submissions is 25th February. Maybe collectively we can assemble a list of 30 snowdrops? But I have attached a copy of the form if you want to make an individual reply.
John, if the idea is to assess snowdrops to put forward for an Award of Garden Merit, then they must be suitable for cultivation in the open garden. The award is meant to be given to plants which will be pretty much good do-er in any garden - which is a lot to ask for any plant for gardens throughout the UK!
Yes that is what Kit said this afternoon and the time restraint is one put on by the RHS.
Pffft! Minor technical detail, Maggi!