Galanthus Autumn 2009

[mark smyth]

what's the spotty Oxalis? How tall is the Scilla? 2 feet?

[loes]

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

[Maggi Young]

 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

[steve owen]

what's the spotty Oxalis? How tall is the Scilla? 2 feet?

Mark
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.
Steve

[mark smyth]

Thanks Steve.

[Alan_b]

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".   

[mark smyth]

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

[David Nicholson]

Did he perhaps mean Cambridge Bulbs (Norman Stevens) ?

[art600]

Did he perhaps mean Cambridge Bulbs (Norman Stevens) ?

David

No,  not Norman Stevens.  

Cambridge Alpines are a reputable supplier of plants to the trade, including Wisley.

[Alan_b]

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

[johnw]

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.

johnw

[Tony Willis]

galanthus transcaucasicus (autumn flowering) in flower,a gift from a member

[johnw]

Galanthus reginae-olgae 'Tilebarn Jamie' and Galanthus reginae-olgae 'Alex Duguid' in flower here.  A cold day today at +1c.

johnw

[steve owen]

 ;DHappiness is seeing Flocon de Neige coming up and realising it hasn't been eaten by a rodent with a taste for caviar.

[Maggi Young]

Steve, it is these little triumphs that keep us going, isn't it?