Galanthus 'Green Mile'

[Anne Repnow]

  Try me.

[Blonde Ingrid]

My Green Mile has just arrived! Very pleased, the bulb is great and the packaging excellent! Already potted up and in the bunker!

Many thanks to Robin and Clint, excellent service 

[Blonde Ingrid]

Ho! Ho! Ho! Even more welcome than the arrival of Santa...Galanthus 'Green Mile' has broken surface 

This was acquired as a small bulb earlier this year and there was some discussion as to whether it would be successful. Good news is that it is through!

It is unlikely to flower this year but should be in full glory next! A welcome addition to the 'greens'.

[Brian Ellis]

Goodness Santa comes early to your house!  I, too, was very concerned that the newly separated small side bulb that I was sent would survive, happily it has sent forward growth for the last couple of weeks and, like yours may well flower next year or the one after

[Alan_b]

I have greatly admired 'Green Mile' from afar and I must admit to being very tempted by the offer from the Green Mile Nursery of smaller bulbs for a smaller price.  But I did not succumb - yet.  Maybe if it is gradually coming into wider circulation I will be able to do a swap in a few years' time.

[David King]

I have greatly admired 'Green Mile' from afar and I must admit to being very tempted by the offer from the Green Mile Nursery of smaller bulbs for a smaller price.  But I did not succumb - yet.  Maybe if it is gradually coming into wider circulation I will be able to do a swap in a few years' time.

Oh go on!  Give in to temptation and treat yourself for once it's Christmas!

[Alan_b]

David, unless you have a hotline to Santa it's a bit too late to get anything more for Christmas.

[mark smyth]

I didn't know they were offering smaller bulbs

[Alan_b]

From http://www.greenmilenursery.be/galanthus.html

After several years of bulking up our stock and many requests from all over the world we finally decided to release what is probably the finest plant we grow in our nursery, the green flowered Galanthus nivalis which my younger brother Robin found within a drift of white nivalis. We called it Galanthus 'Green Mile' and also decided to name our nursery after this extraordinary plant. We were very pleased to see that this fine plant not only looks amazing but also turns out to be a very good doer in the garden. We want to thank the people who supported our efforts to get Robin to New Zealand in order to make his dream come true. But unfortunately we weren't able to raise the necessary funds and things turned out differently for him. In the meanwhile we continued propagating our dearest snowdrop and are proud to be able to offer bulbs which will definitely flower in spring 2017. The price per bulb is 125 euro. It's possible to order your bulb from now on but the bulbs will be shipped when dormant which will be in june 2015! Payment can be made by Paypal or bank transfer. Your bulb will be reserved as soon as we have received your payment.

I'm sorry to learn that Robin Callens did not make it to New Zealand - I don't think that information was there last time I visited the site.

[David King]

David, unless you have a hotline to Santa it's a bit too late to get anything more for Christmas.

Dickens proved its never too late in a Christmas Carol!

[mark smyth]

is it my computer or are the photos on the greenmile web site pulled out of shape

[Jupiter]

Mark, they are set to stretch to the width of the table which in turn is set to the width of the screen. I found that by minimising my browser and changing the width of the browser window I could make them the right aspect ratio. Beautiful photos on the site, you just need to work a bit to see them properly 

[loes]

I also bought a small bulb of Green Mile last july and small it was!
As it was not through yet I carefully dug around it and to my relief there is a small nose showing.
It will need at least two growing seasons , tomatofeed and TLC to get to flowering size.
I sure hope it will grow on but I think I' ll never buy such a small bulb again.

[Josh Nelson]

I e-mailed Green Mile Nursery recently to check what the position was this year (rather hoping the price might have come down).

Robin Callens confirmed that the position is pretty much the same as last year (i.e. 125 euros  for a bulb that may not flower until second spring after receipt); also, which I can't recall from last year - mature bulbs are being offered at 400 euros a pop (bulbs which have apparently flowered for several years). 

Both are outside what I would want to pay, so I'm inclined to wait for the price to come down to a level nearer my budget, whenever that might be.

Bulbs shipped dormant as last year.