Snowdrops in the green

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• Dovefromabove Posts: 88,147

  January 2019

  I’ve bought snowdrops in the green and other bulbs etc from Broadleigh ... really good suppliers and great results ... highly recommended 
  http://broadleighbulbs.co.uk/wp/
  

  
  Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
  
  
  
  
  
  

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• DampGardenMan Posts: 1,054

  January 2019

  Thanks, I'll give them a look.
  

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• Lyn Posts: 23,190

  January 2019

  J. Parker has them, 25 bulbs for 5.99, if you spend £10.00 you get £5.00 discount, that pays for the postage. Parker’s are good for bulbs, I buy all my daffs, tulips and lilies from them. 

  Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 
  
  

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• Marran Posts: 195

  January 2019

  Several years back I bought from Eurobulbs (after seeing ad in GW). 1000 for £80 currently.  Different varieties/quantities available.
  

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• Singing Gardener Posts: 1,237

  January 2019

  I bought mine from Abbey Country Gardens a few years back and was very pleased with them. No idea if they're still trading though.

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• DampGardenMan Posts: 1,054

  January 2019

  Marran said:

  Several years back I bought from Eurobulbs (after seeing ad in GW). 1000 for £80 currently.  Different varieties/quantities available.
  

  We had dry bulbs from them a couple of years ago, 1000 like you. They came up well Jan/Feb 2018, but nothing much above ground yet this year. I'm hoping the stupidly dry summer hasn't done for them!
  
  We also had dry (English) bluebell bulbs from them and they too did well. Nothing yet, as you'd expect, but the accursed Spanish bluebells are well up, despite the fact that I pulled them "all" out last year
  
  I was planning on getting more snowdrops "in the green" from Eurobulbs, but I emailed to ask if they were doing them and if so when they might ship, but have heard nothing back from them, and I don't want to end up with dry bulbs that have been sitting there since last spring. So I was looking for alternative suppliers - at a price we can afford, some are very pricey. Cambo Snowdrops might be good, but it's £170 for 1000 "unsorted" (i.e. pot luck) snowdrops - and I'd really like 2000!
  
  Thanks to all for responses.
  
  

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• Papi Jo Posts: 4,254

  January 2019

  Eurobulbs are doing Snowdrops, 1,000 for £80 here: https://eurobulbs.co.uk/single-snowdrop-galanthus.html
  
  

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• DampGardenMan Posts: 1,054

  January 2019

  Papi Jo said:

  Eurobulbs are doing Snowdrops, 1,000 for £80 here: https://eurobulbs.co.uk/single-snowdrop-galanthus.html
  
  

  
  I had seen that, but I wasn't a 100% certain they were in the green - there's a big banner saying "in the green", but that appears on every page, e.g. for Primulas! So I was still slightly wary about it being dry bulbs. I guess I should ring them (they're ignoring emails) as the price seems a good one.
  

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• gutties Posts: 224

  January 2019

  DampGardenMan said:

  I had seen that, but I wasn't a 100% certain they were in the green - there's a big banner saying "in the green", but that appears on every page, e.g. for Primulas! So I was still slightly wary about it being dry bulbs. I guess I should ring them (they're ignoring emails) as the price seems a good one.
  

  Do snowbells last OK in damp ground?  I would be afraid of them rotting next winter perhaps?

  
  

  I have heavy clay soil, which remains wet and so wondered how they would get on in my garden.

  As an aside, I planted some Cowslip at the weekend.  I put the spade in about 9 inches to plant the 1 litre potted plant and there was moisture there even though it's hardly rained in 3 weeks!
  

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• Lily Pilly Posts: 3,845

  January 2019

  Have a look at Cambo. They specialise in dividing their own huge collection I have never been disappointed
  
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