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if a username sold 100 different snowdrops they would class this as a business but if that same seller sold 10 snowdrops, a table and chairs, a tv, general bits n pieces they would not bother
Quality flower from reliable seller ( Paul of Edulis Nursery) here : http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Galanthus-nivalis-Timber-Wolf-1-x-flowering-size-bulb-/201499898459?hash=item2eea54725b%3Ag%3AQuYAAOSwKtlWkO8Y - something for the lovers of greeny 'drops - "Timber Wolf"
I think the seller has almost certainly invented the name 'Trumpdy Dumpty" themselves but they are at liberty to do that. And they could well be correct that it is a seedling from Trym and another unidentified snowdrop. The photo on eBay is so over-exposed it strikes me as genuine. So the two questions that remain are:Is it really different from other existing snowdrops?Does it have any merit?
Shrubbery Special was in the North Green Snowdrops list a couple of years ago, originating from a Norfolk garden of a well-known gardener - my ageing info retrieval system = memory won't provide me with his name.
eBay seller Edwardhutchin-0 likes to make up names for his snowdrops and sell them on eBay. He (?) is responsible for 'Trumpdy Dumpty', 'Heads Above Water' and some others. There is nothing wrong with this per se but with the quality of his photos it is hard to know what you are getting so you might easily be disappointed.Wheelieniely, selling 'Shrubbery Special', is by all accounts a respectable seller but I have never heard of this one.Broughton is the surname of the family that donated Anglesey Abbey to the National Trust. 'Henry Broughton' is a real snowdrop but the picture on eBay has been lifted from this web site http://www.gapphotos.com/featuredetails.asp?featureref=16 and that is always a danger signal.'Whittallii' was a known cultivar (captial W, double l & i). It now seems to have morphed into one of the 'Edward Whittall Group'. Unknown seller, photograph poor.The eBay text for 'Brandling' seems to be self-explanatory.it was nice to meet you on Saturday, colineddie1.
ColinIn case it helps you, Whittalii has been in gardens for many years, one of the strongest-growing and tallest of the snowdrops. And cheap to buy. To use the old phrase "a good do-er". So quite a contrast with many of the current highly-priced newcomers that no-one has seen actually growing. I do still buy a few of the newcomers sight unseen but when I do its from suppliers whose description I trust - and they can be counted pretty much on the fingers of one and a half hands.
Steve it was a seedling found in Rod and Jane Leeds garden in Suffolk, not Norfolk.
I see Paul Barney's Timber Wolf went for £161 - beyond my pocket but looks a nice virescent nivalis; North Green's Prague Spring looks reasonably similar (although I do not have it) and nearer my price range at least