Galanthus February 2008

[Paddy Tobin]

Ian,

I've taken a while to look at your snowdrop photographs carefully and am inclined to settle on 'Mighty Ben'...or 'Little Atom'.

Paddy

[Maggi Young]

'Mighty Ben'...or 'Little Atom'.

[Anthony Darby]

"Bedazzled" or perhaps "More than/not just a whiter shade of pale"?

[Anthony Darby]

i still would like to know if this is really hill poe he sent me or a imposter
thanks
rob

Doesn't look like my forms of 'Desdemona' or 'Hill Poë'. Perhaps a more professional approach to your dealings give an air of authority to your dealings?

[art600]

Rob

Why not write to EBAY and complain.  They are very keen to root out the rogue traders.  Did you review his feedback before you bought anything - I have bought many things over a long period of time - snowdrops for the first time today - and only dealt with people who had a 100% rating.

I had a problem with a large nursery in Jersey who advertise in the National Press.  I did not receive part of my order.  When I complained they offered 50% refund.  As this was not acceptable I contacted EBAY - result 100 refund.  Bad publicity is something nobody selling on EBAY can stand. I think if you write complaining, just simply stating the facts, I believe that EBAY will remove his right to trade.  And if you tell all your friends he will find it difficult to con anyone.

Arthur   

[Martin Baxendale]

Ian, here's a close-up of 'Mighty Atom' taken in the garden today. The little white lines through the ends of the mark are quite distinctive and typical for the true 'Mighty Atom'.

[mark smyth]

Cordelia has raised arms so it could be that. Here's a very dark Cordelia taken at East Lambrook and one from my database

[Maggi Young]

Mark's two pix of 'Cordelia' illustrate exactly the problem I have with snowdrops.... two pix of "same" name of flower but the two look completely different to me 

[Martin Baxendale]

Aaaargh! My 2 bulbs of Gal. 'Cicely Hall' which I was so chuffed to get from Paul Christian's Rare Plants last autumn have just started to flower - and are a rather poor form of Gal. gracilis!!!!

Did anyone else buy Cicely Hall from Rare Plants and get the same problem?

[mark smyth]

Bet he doesnt care! I hope you tell him! I ordered some but he took them back saying I was too slow to lodge money. I've had enough of that man selling wrong stuff. Maybe he's been ripped off?

[Martin Baxendale]

I suspect it's his supplier that's at fault. I've been ordering plants and bulbs from Paul Christian since the early 1980s and this is the first time I've had to complain about something being wrongly named. Still annoying though. I was so looking forward to seeing Cicely Hall flowering - never seen it except in photos.

[Anthony Darby]

I notice that he claims to sell Galanthus platyphyllus, but is it?

[mark smyth]

very unlikely Anthony. I know a forum member bought some from him and they were woronowii identified by me

[mark smyth]

I need to get to bed - I've been up since 5am.

Here are some snowdrops from the garden today
Clare Blakeway-Phillips
Cool Ballintaggart / O'Mahoney
Deeley Boppers
Dodo Norton - again sorry!
nivalis x plicatus Marks tall - tallest so far 11 inches 27.5 cm
miniature nivalis green tipped
nivalis Sandersii Group

[mark smyth]

Lastly, from last year and for the new boys and girls
krasnovii