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mark smyth

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Re: Galanthus Autumn 2009
« Reply #240 on: December 02, 2009, 10:01:52 PM »
what's the spotty Oxalis? How tall is the Scilla? 2 feet?
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Re: Galanthus Autumn 2009
« Reply #241 on: December 02, 2009, 10:10:29 PM »
I hope my first attempt to place a photo will succeed....
my reginae-olgae r-o are a bit late,I just planted them a few weeks ago
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Re: Galanthus Autumn 2009
« Reply #242 on: December 02, 2009, 10:17:31 PM »
 Your first attempt at posting a photo is a complete success, Loes!

We have G. r-o just coming into flower here in Aberdeen , too, though they have been planted for many months ..... Ian has pictured them in the latest Bulb Log
..   http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2009Dec021259762987BULB_LOG__48.pdf
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Re: Galanthus Autumn 2009
« Reply #243 on: December 02, 2009, 10:43:24 PM »
what's the spotty Oxalis? How tall is the Scilla? 2 feet?
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I just crept out to the alpine house with a torch. How sad is that? The Scilla is 15 inches tall from compost surface level. I gave one to Alan Street at Avon Bulbs but I don't know if his has flowered. The oxalis is Oxalis "Irish Mist". No kidding.
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mark smyth

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Re: Galanthus Autumn 2009
« Reply #244 on: December 02, 2009, 11:11:29 PM »
Thanks Steve.
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Re: Galanthus Autumn 2009
« Reply #245 on: December 06, 2009, 10:31:08 AM »
Did anyone contact Wisley? I can find no reference on the internet for the people who sold the bulbs to Wisley.

Mark, maybe you don't have to look any further than here

http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=4093.msg114922#msg114922

Andy Emery, posting on behalf of the RHS Wisley Plant Centre, says their supplier is "Cambridge Alpines".   
Almost in Scotland.

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Re: Galanthus Autumn 2009
« Reply #246 on: December 06, 2009, 01:28:10 PM »
Alan thanks. I knew it was Cambridge Alpines who supplied it. They have no web site and no details on the internet. Paddy has written to Wisley
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Re: Galanthus Autumn 2009
« Reply #247 on: December 06, 2009, 08:19:27 PM »
Did he perhaps mean Cambridge Bulbs (Norman Stevens) ?
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Re: Galanthus Autumn 2009
« Reply #248 on: December 07, 2009, 09:28:31 AM »
Did he perhaps mean Cambridge Bulbs (Norman Stevens) ?

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No,  not Norman Stevens.  

Cambridge Alpines are a reputable supplier of plants to the trade, including Wisley.
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Re: Galanthus Autumn 2009
« Reply #249 on: December 07, 2009, 11:38:07 AM »
According to several references on the internet (such as this one http://www.rhs.org.uk/RHSWebsite/files/18/18260fb1-32b2-4608-b3ad-7cd76efe313c.pdf ) their direct contact details are:

Cambridge Alpines, 20 Paget Place, Newmarket,
Suffolk CB8 7DR

On reference says: Telephone: 01954 251836
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Re: Galanthus Autumn 2009
« Reply #250 on: December 07, 2009, 12:39:50 PM »
The Galanthus nivalis noses started poking up outdoors over the weekend.   We have just had our first cold night which should slow them down.  -3c and a skid of snow.

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Re: Galanthus Autumn 2009
« Reply #251 on: December 08, 2009, 01:20:03 PM »
galanthus transcaucasicus (autumn flowering) in flower,a gift from a member
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Re: Galanthus Autumn 2009
« Reply #252 on: December 08, 2009, 05:34:51 PM »
Galanthus reginae-olgae 'Tilebarn Jamie' and Galanthus reginae-olgae 'Alex Duguid' in flower here.  A cold day today at +1c.

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Re: Galanthus Autumn 2009
« Reply #253 on: December 11, 2009, 07:56:33 PM »
 ;DHappiness is seeing Flocon de Neige coming up and realising it hasn't been eaten by a rodent with a taste for caviar.
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Re: Galanthus Autumn 2009
« Reply #254 on: December 11, 2009, 08:56:36 PM »
Steve, it is these little triumphs that keep us going, isn't it?  ;D
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