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Title: 2015 Ends so on to 2016 Targets
Post by: Blonde Ingrid on March 19, 2015, 12:31:52 PM
The last snowdrop finished here today which is always a sad time  :( The quiet season starts BUT there are always 2016 targets to identify ;D

My list has the following:

1. Northern Lights
2. Wardance
3. Ronald Mackensie
4. Francesca De Gramont
5. Andrea's Fault
6. June Boardman
7. Green Mile
8. Philippe Andre Meyer (A must have recommendation from Brian Ellis)
9.  Zhooshi Starburst
10. Sara Dumont
11. Lemongrass

What are other lists containing?

List already handed to acquisitions team with appropriate motivation!  ;D ;D
Title: Re: 2015 Ends so on to 2016 Targets
Post by: Maggi Young on March 19, 2015, 12:42:04 PM
 Still quite a few drops still looking good here, though early ones are past - but look at this picture I just got from Nova Scotia  - it'll be AGES  until their snowdrop season starts - you can still enjoy that ... :D

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Snow fall in Nova Scotia

Title: Re: 2015 Ends so on to 2016 Targets
Post by: Blonde Ingrid on March 19, 2015, 12:50:02 PM
but look at this picture I just got from Nova Scotia  - it'll be AGES  until their snowdrop season starts - you can still enjoy that ... :D

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Snow fall in Nova Scotia

Hi Maggi, I thought we had a chilly wind here today until I saw that photo!
Title: Re: 2015 Ends so on to 2016 Targets
Post by: steve owen on March 19, 2015, 06:03:20 PM
Ingrid, I should think £2,000 should sort out your list nicely.
Title: Re: 2015 Ends so on to 2016 Targets
Post by: Brian Ellis on March 19, 2015, 09:53:41 PM
Well I'd settle for one (or two) of the following:
Atlas
Andrea’s Fault
Bumblebee
Carolyn Elwes
David Bromley
David Quinton
Emerald Isle
Federschwingen
Graham Shipham
Hagen Hastdunichtgesehn
Ilse Bilse
Jade Feather
Katherine James
Lily Bauer
Northern Lights
Seraphim Whoops, memory slip!
Tante Kathe
Wardance
Title: Re: 2015 Ends so on to 2016 Targets
Post by: emma T on March 20, 2015, 06:42:55 AM
Any of Andy Byfields lovely finds !
'Ronald Mackenzie '
'Miss Step'



I'm sure I can think of more later
Title: Re: 2015 Ends so on to 2016 Targets
Post by: Blonde Ingrid on March 20, 2015, 07:12:07 AM
Thanks Brian and Emma, very interesting lists with varieties I was unaware of. These lists are always interesting to focus the mind and provoke some research into alternatives which is always fun! Off to the reference books  ;D

 
Title: Re: 2015 Ends so on to 2016 Targets
Post by: Alan_b on March 20, 2015, 07:29:23 AM
Anybody I know's 'own' snowdrop
York Minster
Mary Hely-Hutchinson
Sheds and Outhouses
Grüner Splitter
Kirtling Tower
Green Mile
My virescent elwesii back to flowering size
Swift moth larvae-specific nematodes
Title: Re: 2015 Ends so on to 2016 Targets
Post by: Matt T on March 20, 2015, 08:00:34 AM
As a fledgling, some of these I'm likely to acquire in 2016, others are unrealistic but it's good to aspire...  ;)

Barbara's Double
Diggory
Godfrey Owen
G. r-o 'Fotini' (in my dreams)
Green Tear (see 'Fotini')
Ronald MacKenzie
Rosemary Burnham
Sophie North
Hill Poë
Title: Re: 2015 Ends so on to 2016 Targets
Post by: François Lambert on March 20, 2015, 08:22:17 AM
To extend the flowering period I might be tempted to search for Galanthus Elwesii.  That would bring a sence of spring much earlier in my garden. 
Title: Re: 2015 Ends so on to 2016 Targets
Post by: Alan_b on March 20, 2015, 08:27:50 AM
François, there are many forms of both elwesii and plicatus that flower early but you need to pick the right cultivars.
Title: Re: 2015 Ends so on to 2016 Targets
Post by: François Lambert on March 20, 2015, 09:25:01 AM
Thanks for the tip Alan.  Just need to make up my mind once I see what's available which one(s) I would like to have growing in my garden.
Title: Re: 2015 Ends so on to 2016 Targets
Post by: Brian Ellis on March 20, 2015, 05:19:34 PM
Well I'd settle for one (or two) of the following:
Atlas
Andrea’s Fault
Bumblebee
Carolyn Elwes
David Bromley
David Quinton
Emerald Isle
Federschwingen
Graham Shipham
Hagen Hastdunichtgesehn
Ilse Bilse
Jade Feather
Katherine James
Lily Bauer
Northern Lights
Seraphim Whoops, memory slip!
Tante Kathe
Wardance

...and after a very interesting visit this afternoon I have to add "La Bohème" and "Neckless Wonder"  Wow :o
Title: Re: 2015 Ends so on to 2016 Targets
Post by: emma T on March 20, 2015, 05:40:14 PM
I like the sound of neckless wonder

I'd like to add 'Nobody's  Prank' to my list

And 'hannings horror' and 'The Albrugh Claw'
Title: Re: 2015 Ends so on to 2016 Targets
Post by: Brian Ellis on March 20, 2015, 06:22:16 PM
Well here you are Emma, this is 'Neckless Wonder' and 'La Bohème', as you can see it was a lovely afternoon and I took these on my iPad.  David may well post better pictures later.  There is the faintest hint of green on the inside of the tepal rather than the outside, it was delightful :D
Title: Re: 2015 Ends so on to 2016 Targets
Post by: emma T on March 20, 2015, 08:34:19 PM
Yep want a 'Neckless Wonder' !
Title: Re: 2015 Ends so on to 2016 Targets
Post by: johnw on March 20, 2015, 08:56:45 PM
Yep want a 'Neckless Wonder' !

What a perky little beauty it is.  I had almost forgotten what a charmer it was. ;)
Title: Re: 2015 Ends so on to 2016 Targets
Post by: Leena on March 22, 2015, 08:30:56 AM
My list is long, and many in it are in-my-dreams- only :), but some are more realistic.
Cowhouse Green
Deer Slot
EA Bowles
Elisabeth Harrison
Emerald Isle
Gerald Parker
Glenchantress
Godfrey Owen
Gruner Splitter
Hagenhastdunichtgesehn
Hugh Mackenzie
Lapwing
Mrs Thompson
Percy Picton
PHD33643
Rosemary Burnham
Seagull
Simply Glowing
Spindlestone Surprise
Title: Re: 2015 Ends so on to 2016 Targets
Post by: Brian Ellis on March 22, 2015, 08:51:01 AM
What lovely dreams you must have Leena :)
Title: Re: 2015 Ends so on to 2016 Targets
Post by: Leena on March 22, 2015, 10:13:25 AM
What lovely dreams you must have Leena :)

Yes, :) and who knows maybe some day dreams come true.
Title: Re: 2015 Ends so on to 2016 Targets
Post by: Ossy on March 22, 2015, 11:13:05 AM
Love 'Neckless Wonder' too I foresee lots of purse strings being

broken next year and lots of fun being had in the search. for the elusive plant. Memories to be made and shared!
On a more serious note I would like see a calming among growers and buyers, without taking out the fun
Ah well back to the dreaming, it's not too long ago when a snowdrop was nivalis, how things have changed Happy growing everyone :)
Title: Re: 2015 Ends so on to 2016 Targets
Post by: MR GRUMPY on March 22, 2015, 02:10:49 PM
Thanks for opening my eyes to new cultivars,Brian and David. :).I have to say ' La Boheme ' is a real cracker.I would like to see 'Necklass Wonder' after a down pour of rain ,It looks like a rain gauge to me. :(. Probably a better name .  ;D. 

Sorry for being grumpy.and posting this on the wrong thread.
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