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Bulbs => Bulbs General => Topic started by: mark smyth on July 15, 2010, 02:47:39 PM
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Mid Anglia Bulb Sale is on Sunday 22nd August 2010.
The address is on Park Road, Rivenhall, Witham. Essex. CM8 3PS . This village is half way between Braintree and Witham. There will be signs closer to the venue.
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every year I want to go, but I dont dare because I would buy too many things I cannot afford ::)
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Peter you'll find it's the opposite
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Do you mean he WON'T buy them or he CAN afford them? ;D
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he will be able to afford unless it is rarities only Peter is looking for
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I was hoping to leave the UK on the 23rd, but it looks like it might have to be the 22nd, because of ferry timetables :(:( What a pity!
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Oh I wish I could go :(
Peter you could go and buy some bulbs for me ;D ;D
Angie :)
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Give me some money to spend Angie and I will go, I cant resist trying to grow any bulb Or form I dont already have, easy or not. anything from crocus chrysanthus to C sharjonii, Tulipa chrysantha to T regellii, Iris germanica to Iris aitchesonii. I have 400 square feet of sand filled with pots and use space on my sisters allotment and my own for overflow, My spare room has a bench 6 feet by four filled with tender bulbs plus a complement of clivias on the floor, I just dare not go :-[ ::) :-[
he will be able to afford unless it is rarities only Peter is looking for
Oh I wish I could go :(
Peter you could go and buy some bulbs for me ;D ;D
Angie :)
Do you mean he WON'T buy them or he CAN afford them? ;D
I keep even further from trees and shrubs cos I am sort of keen on them too- confessions of a plant addict
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You could go just for the chat
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Isn't it a b..... when your horticultural tastes and ambitions are far overtaken by lack of space or money. We all have that problem I think. ;D
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You could go just for the chat
would need to padlock my pockets Mark :-\ :-\
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Peter I have just started growing bulbs I have some tender bulbs given to me by a generous forum member ;D I am just thinking to myself how long will it take me to get to your stage... I cant wait to get there ;D
Its a shame that we don't have the same opportunity as you have down South, we do have our Dunblane show which always gets us spending a little and of course there is eBay, but nothing would be as good as going to a bulb show.
I think you should go and then you can tell me about all the bulbs that I could have bought if I had been there :'(.
Angie :)
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Give me some money to spend Angie and I will go, I cant resist trying to grow any bulb Or form I dont already have, easy or not. anything from crocus chrysanthus to C sharjonii, Tulipa chrysantha to T regellii, Iris germanica to Iris aitchesonii. I have 400 square feet of sand filled with pots and use space on my sisters allotment and my own for overflow, My spare room has a bench 6 feet by four filled with tender bulbs plus a complement of clivias on the floor, I just dare not go :-[ ::)
Seems like the bulb sale is just the place for you to go Peter ! ;D ;D
Also, you would find that prices are nothing like what we're used to in the professional trade ! 8)
I've made the hop twice already and it was more than worth it !
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Oh no Luc if you made the trip that means I am really missing out :'(
Angie :)
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Oh no Luc if you made the trip that means I am really missing out :'(
Angie :)
If there is anything you're really looking for Angie PM me a 'shopping list' and I'll look out for you....
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Oh no Luc if you made the trip that means I am really missing out :'(
Angie :)
The absent are always missing out Angie... 8) :D ;)
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Oh no Luc if you made the trip that means I am really missing out :'(
Angie :)
If there is anything you're really looking for Angie PM me a 'shopping list' and I'll look out for you....
Gail that's really nice of you to offer, how many bags can you carry, only joking. ;) :)
Luc I know :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
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Keeping our fingers crossed for you Lesley ! :-\ :-\
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Just to remind everybody interested that the Mid-Anglia bulb-sale is next Sunday.
We are looking forward to meeting some of you.
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Hope the weather is better than today Luc!
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Brian did you have rain all day? We had rain all day yesterday that moved south east during the night.
I havent been to a wet bulb day. Last year's was very hot.
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Not all day, but raining as I speak. This afternoon was much better and I got out in the garden.
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Sunshine is coming !!
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Definitely !
If necessary we'll be bringing it accross from exotic Belgium !
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Well done Lads, the sunshine has arrived this morning, I'll save it up for Sunday ;)
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Forecast says often cloudy with light rain, muggy, with a maximum 24C
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Forecast says often cloudy with light rain, muggy, with a maximum 24C
14C when we went out late this morning here, certainly didn't feel like an August morning.
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Just to say that I will be able to go to the bulb sale after all (changed ferry date) and I am looking forward to meeting other forum members! Can we arrange to meet in some way?
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excellent! Looking forward to meeting you. I feel a large group photo coming on
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It's not a huge crowd Chloë !
You can't miss us... ;D ;)
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LucG will draw your attention I'm sure.
See you on Sunday.
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I'll certainly be the only person there with a Portuguese reg car!
We went driving around Suffolk today and the weather was absolutely gorgeous :D but the forecast for Sunday is not so good >:(
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It is worth noting, for those travelling from the South particularly, that the "V Festival" is taking place this weekend and can cause congestion round Chelmsford so you should be aware of this. It's held at Hylands Park Writtle...perhaps you would like to stop off on the way ;)
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The sale starts at 2 pm doesn't it? Anybody having lunch nearby before going there?
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Really dissapointed to miss this,but I have to work :(
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I wish every day was like Sunday Chris, - then I could get on with my plants and forget my clients!!!
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I'm home now and very tired.
Brian, Mark, Arthur, Chloe, Luc2 and Luc1
Gail and Chloe
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Thanks for posting those Mark, you need your rest for the morning!
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No problem.
Up early, for me, teeth washed, hair fixed hey-ho hey-ho it's off to work I go
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Have a good start Mark !
Thanks for posting the pic - it was really nice to see you all again and to meet old and new Forum friends !
We had a great day !
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It was lovely to meet other forum members. Hope everyone had a good journey back. Good luck with the new job Mark!
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Do I take it that serious numbers of £GB were spent?
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Do I take it that serious numbers of £GB were spent?
Take it as read David, but with a great many bargains to be had, and apart from lovely people, free tea and delicious cakes.
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Do I take it that serious numbers of £GB were spent?
a great many bargains to be had, free tea and delicious cakes.
How could a yorkshireman ever miss that David ?? ::) ??? :P
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You know him too well Luc, at least this Yorkshireman was on the ball ;)
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;D ;D ;D
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Sounds as you all had fun and empty pockets going home, will look forward to see all these lovely purchases in flower.
Mark hope you enjoyed your first day in your new job.
Angie :)
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;D ;D
Weather looked pretty good in the pics it rained most of the day here.
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everyone within an hour or 90 minutes should attend. It's an amazing day out. Last I heard was 40 cars of people attended
The selection of bulbs are jaw dropping
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My Chum Alan drove from Ponteland, by Newcastle, to help put up tent etc and sell bulbs all day... he does that every year..... drive is around four hours or more each way! :o
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What brilliant pictures of favourite Forumists ;D Thanks for these Mark, it's really wonderful to see what our friends look like. Southern best wishes to everyone.
Mark I hope your first day at new work has gone really well and with many more good days to come.
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He's a great guy, Maggi
My Chum Alan drove from Ponteland, by Newcastle, to help put up tent etc and sell bulbs all day... he does that every year..... drive is around four hours or more each way! :o
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;D ;D
Weather looked pretty good in the pics it rained most of the day here.
Told you so David !
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My Chum Alan drove from Ponteland, by Newcastle, to help put up tent etc and sell bulbs all day... he does that every year..... drive is around four hours or more each way! :o
Crazy people, those bulb fanatics.
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Now home and pondering where I am going to put all those many many little bulbs (including many coals-to-Newcastle narcissi). It was lovely to meet the other forumists - see you all again in two years time, I hope!
I was surprised when I got home to find a very tall "drumstick" in a pot of what I vaguely thought was some sort of Colchicum (no label - I'd noted the name but hadn't checked my notebook - and I'd only noted the amount of leaves). An Ornithogalum saundersiae just few centimetres shorter than me!
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Do I take it that serious numbers of £GB were spent?
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
I went Ice skating, sowed seeds and potted some junos, -that was a lot less expensive :D
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here are a few great bargains from the sale - Galanthus Sophie North £2, reginae-olgae 5 for £5, Colchicum montana 5 for £5, Colchicum marcophyllum £1 each
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One of my purchases from the bulb sale is labelled "Narcissus stacueni" - any ideas what it might be?
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I don't suppose you remember which stall it was from Chloe?
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One of my purchases from the bulb sale is labelled "Narcissus stacueni" - any ideas what it might be?
I was told it is N. Stocken
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One of my purchases from the bulb sale is labelled "Narcissus stacueni" - any ideas what it might be?
I was told it is N. Stocken
Thanks Luc! That would make sense. And it means that I managed to buy 3 different Stockens - it will be interesting to compare them!