I recently heard the news that 'Snowdrop Immortal 'Dorothy Lucking had died. A grand old lady I met years ago. We were having a chat about a mutual friend who loved Snowdrops and she quietly mentioned it.
I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
I recently heard the news that 'Snowdrop Immortal 'Dorothy Lucking had died. A grand old lady I met years ago. We were having a chat about a mutual friend who loved Snowdrops and she quietly mentioned it.
I love the snowdrops with dark green inner petals. Seems she died in 1998
Galanthus Dorothy Lucking. "The snowdrop is named after the galanthophile Dorothy Kathleen Lucking (1923-1998). "
Found this on old thread on Scottish Rock Garden club web site...see below
@Silver surfer I met Dorothy Lucking in the early 2000's I have also seen the Swiss Drops website will try to find the actual date I believe it was this year or the end of last year. Just checked on line October 2023. A very special Lady with strong links to Plant Heritage.
I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
@Silver surfer I met Dorothy Lucking in the early 2000's I have also seen the Swiss Drops website will try to find the actual date I believe it was this year or the end of last year. Just checked on line October 2023. A very special Lady with strong links to Plant Heritage.
I did get one I loved, it's good to know it would come true.
Are they suitable for keeping permanently in a container?
Snowdrops can be twin scaled. It's a risky business (especially if you only have a few precious cultivars). But, as with other types of cuttings, the plants generated this way will be exact clones of the parent plant.
Snowdrops do seem to like it damp - one of the few UK bulbs that can be in damp ground without the risk of rotting. The risk with having snowdrops in a pot is that they might dry out too much at some point in the year.
Thank you everyone for all the wonderful sites you have linked, I'm enjoying browsing them. @Fire great advice on the watering, that is the exact kind of thing I need to be told!
I've thinking about how many I need to buy, and online it says I should plant the snowdrops in the green in clumps of 3-5 bulbs per clump, with at least 6 inches between clumps (I don't know if this is right). So I guess I need to imagine how I want the finished area to look and work it out from there. I was thinking of having both bluebells and snowdrops in the same part-shaded area, with the bluebells a bit further back and the snowdrops more at the front. The area is partially under trees and either side of a path as well. I would like to get quite a few snowdrops so I'm looking at basic ones to start. I really like the idea of snowdrops that come up again year after year and spread, and tolerant ones that will take easily, as the area is perhaps a bit more shady than ideal.
Thank you. I do have woodland conditions and bluebells really thrive, but it can get very dry due to a giant oak and pine just outside my boundary, plus a cherry tree, enormous fatsia and large robinia within, all slurping up moisture.
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I love the snowdrops with dark green inner petals.
Seems she died in 1998
Galanthus Dorothy Lucking.
"The snowdrop is named after the galanthophile Dorothy Kathleen Lucking (1923-1998). "
Found this on old thread on Scottish Rock Garden club web site...see below
https://www.srgc.org.uk/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=7770e80a953138b813d7dfc4baff30d2&topic=8399.0
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Posted by Steve Owen on page 6.Beds/Bucks border
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Super pic here..
https://swiss-drops.ch/en/galanthus-dorothy-lucking/
https://www.judyssnowdrops.co.uk/Plant_Profiles/species/dorothy_lucking/dorothy_lucking.htm
Just checked on line October 2023. A very special Lady with strong links to Plant Heritage.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/plants/8376143/Snowdrops-Celebrating-the-Immortals.html
More...
https://www.landscapejuice.com/2011/03/snowdrop-immortals-avon-bulbs.html
She must have been 100 if her Date of Birth is correct as 1923.
In that case i would suggest you contact the Swiss site to get article corrected.
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@Fire great advice on the watering, that is the exact kind of thing I need to be told!
I was thinking of having both bluebells and snowdrops in the same part-shaded area, with the bluebells a bit further back and the snowdrops more at the front. The area is partially under trees and either side of a path as well.
I would like to get quite a few snowdrops so I'm looking at basic ones to start. I really like the idea of snowdrops that come up again year after year and spread, and tolerant ones that will take easily, as the area is perhaps a bit more shady than ideal.
Thank you. I do have woodland conditions and bluebells really thrive, but it can get very dry due to a giant oak and pine just outside my boundary, plus a cherry tree, enormous fatsia and large robinia within, all slurping up moisture.