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Author Topic: Galanthus November and December 2007  (Read 154755 times)

ArneM

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Re: Galanthus November and December 2007
« Reply #255 on: December 30, 2007, 01:59:34 PM »
I will do it later. Thank you very much, Mark.

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Re: Galanthus November and December 2007
« Reply #256 on: December 30, 2007, 02:04:52 PM »
wow!that`s a big list of very desirable snowies! :o
the cheaper ones you can get elsewere but these...
now I know what I`m missing and what I want for next years!...a copy of the catalogue.
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Re: Galanthus November and December 2007
« Reply #257 on: December 30, 2007, 02:07:14 PM »
Loes, therefore I would like to use a credit card or to send them money in a registered mail. Using credit card would be the best because my parents would give me theirs but no cheques.


mark smyth

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Re: Galanthus November and December 2007
« Reply #258 on: December 30, 2007, 02:09:39 PM »
I've now highlighted some that will make the start of a great collection
Antrim, Northern Ireland Z8
www.snowdropinfo.com / www.marksgardenplants.com / www.saveourswifts.co.uk

When the swifts arrive empty the green house

All photos taken with a Canon 900T and 230

mark smyth

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Re: Galanthus November and December 2007
« Reply #259 on: December 30, 2007, 02:32:26 PM »
North Green have listed the following

nivalis £1, nivalis Angelsey Abbey £12, nivalis Blonde Inge £16.50, nivalis Poculiformis Group Henry's White Lady £17.50, nivalis 'Viridapice £3.50, reginae-olgae £4.50, rizehensis £7,  plicatus Baxendales Late £6.50, plicatis Edinburgh Ketton £17.50, elwesii Percy Picton £20, plicatus The Pearl £30, plicatus Three Ships £17.50, plicatus Upcher £5, plicatus Washfield Warham £10, plicatus Wendy's Gold £17.50, elwesii Cedrics Prolific £8.50, elwesii Comet £12.50, elwesii Hiemalis ex Broadleigh NKA Donald Simms £10.50, elwesii John Tomlinson £16.50, elwesii Naughton aka Largest of All aka Oliver Wyatts Giant £25, elwesii Peter Gatehouse £15, elwesii Three Leaves £7.50, Allenii £10, Anne of Geierstein £25, Atkinsii £2.50, Bloomer £25, Ginns Imperati £12.50, Hobson's Choice £12.50, Imbolc £15, James Backhouse £3, Merlin £8.50, Primrose Warburg £25, S. Arnott £3.50, Straffan £6.50, Barbara's Double £18.50, Dionysus £5, Hippolyta £6.50, Lady Beatrix Stanley £3.50, Mrs. Wrightson's Double £20, Richard Ayres £17.50, Titania £7.50, nivalis Blewbury Tart £15, nivalis Elfin £7.50, plicatus Diggory £50 but not at that price, plicatus Trymlet £35, elwesii Barnes £12.50, elwesii Hiemalis Donald Simms £12.50 £2 more because it's on the short list!, Lodestar £10, elwesii Marjory Brown £15, elwesii Yvonne Hay £25, Cowhouse Green £30, Kildare £30, Mrs Thompson £17.50, Trotters Merlin £17.50, Forge Double £17.50, Heffalump £20,

The auction for the rich only
gracilis Corkscrew, elwesii Brian Mathew, Cicely Hall, David Baker, Greenfinch, Green of Hearts, Little Ben - why auction?, Rushmere Green, Wasp
« Last Edit: December 30, 2007, 02:45:18 PM by mark smyth »
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www.snowdropinfo.com / www.marksgardenplants.com / www.saveourswifts.co.uk

When the swifts arrive empty the green house

All photos taken with a Canon 900T and 230

Gerard Oud

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Re: Galanthus November and December 2007
« Reply #260 on: December 30, 2007, 02:39:36 PM »
I thought it was a good deal to swap 5 for 20, viridapice have i got plenty and no elwesii yet in my collection.
Could you say what kind of species it might be?
I will do my atmost to keep them alive.

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Re: Galanthus November and December 2007
« Reply #261 on: December 30, 2007, 02:49:51 PM »
Gerard you can buy dormant bulbs of Galanthus elwesii from Jan Pennings if you can buy by the 100s or higher or PC Nissyen
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When the swifts arrive empty the green house

All photos taken with a Canon 900T and 230

Gerard Oud

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Re: Galanthus November and December 2007
« Reply #262 on: December 30, 2007, 02:56:40 PM »
I do sell bulbs to gp Nijssen, but i do never buy back, maybe i should ask him.
But those lists look good too, couldn't it be so till the time we have ordered some of the rare ones like Heffalump,Walrus,Big boy etc they are sold out? Besides that most of them do UK orders only.

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Re: Galanthus November and December 2007
« Reply #263 on: December 30, 2007, 03:00:07 PM »
Gerard you say the bulbs are enormous on the galanthus you swapped, so they may be elwesii monostictus as they have the largest bulbs in my garden
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Re: Galanthus November and December 2007
« Reply #264 on: December 30, 2007, 03:06:49 PM »
Gerard nivalis 'Walrus' is readily available. I have never seen 'Big Boy' for sale but have seen it in gardens during snowdrop events. I dont think I have ever seen 'Heffalump'

Below is plicatus 'Colossus' and below that a snowdrop bought a couple of years ago as plicatus 'Cotswold Farm'. I believe they are the same
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When the swifts arrive empty the green house

All photos taken with a Canon 900T and 230

Martin Baxendale

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Re: Galanthus November and December 2007
« Reply #265 on: December 30, 2007, 03:36:47 PM »
Below is plicatus 'Colossus' and below that a snowdrop bought a couple of years ago as plicatus 'Cotswold Farm'. I believe they are the same


Mark, they certainly look very similar. Are they both flowering now? The late Ruth Birchall's garden at Cotswold Farm is only a few miles away from Colesbourne, here in Glos., where Colossus originated, so it's quite possible Ruth might have got it from the Elwes's.
Martin Baxendale, Gloucestershire, UK.

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Re: Galanthus November and December 2007
« Reply #266 on: December 30, 2007, 04:40:07 PM »
Rob they are almost as big as tulips, and i know how tulips look like.
I never thought a snowdrop could grow that big.

ArneM

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Re: Galanthus November and December 2007
« Reply #267 on: December 30, 2007, 04:55:14 PM »
I think North Green has to high prices for some drops. I do not collect snowdrops for a long time but these prices are definitely too high like £17.50 for Mrs Thompson :o . Elsewhere one can buy it for ~ £10.00.
« Last Edit: December 30, 2007, 04:58:27 PM by ArneM »

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Re: Galanthus November and December 2007
« Reply #268 on: December 30, 2007, 04:57:12 PM »
Arne,

I think you misunderstand about a cheque.it goes like this:
you get (online)to your bank and say it`s a ausland paying.then you fill in the amout in pounds and only give the name and address of the person you send the money to.your bank sends money to England and there is a cheque made with the amount on it and is send to the person involved.
that person can collect his money at his bank.so no cheque-paper of yours is send,only a paper in England.afterwards the amount is collected of your bankaccount and some money for the costs involved(being the change euro`s/pounds and costs for sending the cheque in England.those costs were 11,50 euro`s for me lately).
so your parents only pay their own bank!
« Last Edit: December 30, 2007, 04:59:44 PM by loes »
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ArneM

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Re: Galanthus November and December 2007
« Reply #269 on: December 30, 2007, 05:09:25 PM »
Great Britain should adopt the Euro. Then there were no problems and fees for a bank because we could use an easy bank transfer with IBAN and SWIFT/BIC.  ;D

Back to reality: The UK did not adopt the Euro and so I have to send cash for snowdrop orders from the UK.

 


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