Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
Bulbs => Galanthus => Topic started by: Brian Ellis on January 14, 2015, 08:38:28 AM
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Previous customers will be pleased to know that North Green will be sending out their catalogue on Friday (16th Jan). So we do not have long to wait.
In a new venture for North Green Snowdrops the catalogue will also be available online towards the end of next week at
www.northgreensnowdrops.co.uk (http://www.northgreensnowdrops.co.uk)
Please note there will not be online ordering but, for new customers (or those who have lost it) the order form can be printed off and posted in.
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Grateful for that Brian. I haven't had snowdrops for a while but got my collection of catalogues out recently to show my daughter the paintings illustrating the cover. Will be very interesting to peruse it online.
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Thanks Brian.......I've been like a puppy for the last week jumping up the post women's leg.(I bet she think's I like her?) ;D ;D ;D
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Got the catalogue in the post today ;D ;D ;D. Some great cultivars are available, some I have never seen offered before.
Cultivars to bid on are great too, specially when you love to grow the yellows.
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Yes the European ones went out first to allow time for them to arrive! Hopefully other forumists in England will get them this weekend. As you say there are some wonderful bulbs to bid on, including those from our own Cyril Lafong ;)
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Orders now starting to be delivered, mine arrived today so watch out for the postman ;)
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I didn't order any because I highlighted too many!!
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Orders now starting to be delivered, mine arrived today so watch out for the postman ;)
Excellent, as a first time orderer I'll be interested to see how many (if any) I get. Ordered in good time, but ones that are on the scarcer side (I think) here's hoping.
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I didn't order any because I highlighted too many!!
Ah Mark, you must learn restraint, I ordered three (mind you I shan't say how many others I have bought this year ;D)
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Ah Mark, you must learn restraint, I ordered three (mind you I shan't say how many others I have bought this year ;D)
Well everyone, I cannot comment as to the total number that Brian has bought this year, but I can comment on the sight of him staggering under the weight of a huge number of bulging bags at the Harlow AGS event! :o
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Aha! An eye witness report, Ingrid - very valuable - I reckon he wasn't able to say how many because even with his shoes and socks off he could count 'em! ;D
I wonder of Brian will plead Emma's excuse - that he is merely acting as a "personal shopper" for others.....
;D
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Ah busted! However in my defence I did buy three pots of Iris unguicularis 'Peloponnese Snow' two of which were gifts! My 'haul' included three pots of crocus, helleborus thibetanus, Erythronium 'Margaret Mathew', Roscoea 'Harvington Raw Silk' and Pteridophyllum racemosum and three snowdrops from Tim Ingram 'Copton Trym', 'Copton Robyn' and a duplicate snowdrop which is destined for someone's grave. I thought I was quite restrained really ;D
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Ah busted! However in my defence I did buy three pots of Iris unguicularis 'Peloponnese Snow' two of which were gifts! My 'haul' included three pots of crocus, helleborus thibetanus, Erythronium 'Margaret Mathew', Roscoea 'Harvington Raw Silk' and Pteridophyllum racemosum and three snowdrops from Tim Ingram 'Copton Trym', 'Copton Robyn' and a duplicate snowdrop which is destined for someone's grave. I thought I was quite restrained really ;D
Brian, restraint is a very overrated concept I think. Being fourth generation west Wales farming stock means restraint is in my DNA but only plants and especially snowdrops can override that particular genetic deformity.
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Brian, restraint is a very overrated concept I think.
Surprisingly I find myself in complete agreement ;D ;D
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... I did buy three pots of Iris unguicularis 'Peloponnese Snow' two of which were gifts!
Kind gifts indeed for their lucky recipients, a very desirable plant. This is why living on an island can be so frustrating at times. As excellent as mail order is, there are some things, such as your 'Pelop. Snow', which I assume are in numbers too low to offer in the online catalogue. I'd love to get to more shows more often to rummage for these specials. Harlow (not too far from my folks) is definitely on the cards for next year.
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Kind gifts indeed for their lucky recipients, a very desirable plant.
What goes around comes around, one in particular has been very kind to me and I know she will appreciate it, well they both will!
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My parcel has just arrived ;D...very healthy and extremely well packaged! Excellent!
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My parcel has just arrived ;D...very healthy and extremely well packaged! Excellent!
Still waiting grrrrr. But they do say all good things come to those who wait!
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I hope everybody got what they hoped for. Interestingly, 'Prague Spring' has appeared on Ebay, with a photo from 8th March and a reference to the North Green catalogue! :o ;)
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As Diana Ross says:
"Oow oow oow oow opooow, I'm waiting
Oow oow oow oow OOOOOW, I'm still waiting"
I only ordered the one and I'm not sure what happens if that order was unsuccessful. An email would be helpful but does North Green do emails?
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Alan I wouldn't think you would know if your order has been unsuccessful, that's why the cheques are limited. I do know that they were extremely busy last week packing, and possibly they are still doing so. I hope that is the case and you get what you want.
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Thank you, Brian, I hope so to. It was an early snowdrop, which is a current interest of mine but a type sometimes overlooked by other galanthophiles so I think there may still be a chance it will arrive. Otherwise I'll have to try for a swap.
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What one are you looking for Alan?
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'Early to Rize', Mark.
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Package arrived yesterday safe and sound. Got 5/8th of my order which I'm pleased about (bank manager not so !!) No Prague Spring, Green of hearts or Rushmere Green. Green seems to be very big demand this year!!
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After rather giving up hope, my package arrived today. Hooray! This was my first ever order with North Green so perhaps they dealt with their regulars first? I had ordered both 'Early to Rize' and 'Donald Sim's Early' (I had forgotten about the latter) and they both came - probably because neither is the latest nor deemed to be the greatest
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My 2 snowdrops came in 2 mailings, both well packed.
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My bulbs were well packed, clean but perhaps with rather less roots than I feel is ideal. When I move my own snowdrops in the green some seem to have formed much more extensive roots than others. I always feel a bit nervous about the less-well rooted ones but I have not been systematic about recording whether they suffer subsequently.
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Well had my cheque returned this morning......................no luck this year it seems
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At least the cheque was returned so you know you were unlucky and are not hanging on and wondering like some companies.