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Does anyone know roughly how much snowdrop bulbs will be in the autumn?

elderberryelderberry Posts: 118
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They're pricey at the moment because they're sold in the green.
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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    More likely to succeed tho so potentially better value and less waste of money.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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  • DampGardenManDampGardenMan Posts: 1,054
    We just bought 1000 in-the-green for £80.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Gosh, I could have sold you 1000 for 80.00! Or are the special ones? 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    Lyn said:
    Gosh, I could have sold you 1000 for 80.00! Or are the special ones? 
    special ones cost £80 + each, or maybe add another 0 


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • IamweedyIamweedy Posts: 1,364
    I have "rather a lot" as well. .
    I thought the plants are rather fussy about the soil they choose to grow in. They do grow well in mine.



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  • DampGardenManDampGardenMan Posts: 1,054
    Lyn said:
    Gosh, I could have sold you 1000 for 80.00! Or are the special ones? 
    Just the good old single G. nivalis! It seemed not too bad a price. Have we been had? We'll be round to see you then!

    And, as @nutcutlet said, "special" ones sell for silly money, really silly money. But then I'm not into crawling around on hands and knees looking to see how many blobs there are on the petals, I just like to see a drift of them in the spring (if only!).
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I’d  rather have lots of cheap ones than one special one.
    They seem to thrive in my acid soil.  Or do they thrive in any type of soil? 

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    the do fine on my dry alkaline patch as long as they're not in full sun. 
    I agree with Lyn, I'd rather a drift of nivalis than a tiny expensive clump of something with a name.



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Supposing you paid all that money for a bulb and down comes a bird and nips the bud off! 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • DampGardenManDampGardenMan Posts: 1,054
    They did fine in our previous garden, which was a heavy alkaline clay.

    Not doing so well in our new garden, which is a slightly acid silt, but then I suspect last year's uber-dry summer may be to blame for that.

    And to answer OP, we paid £64 for 1000 dry bulbs in September 2017. That was from Eurobulbs. They may be a little cheaper elsewhere, e.g. Abbey Country Gardens.
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