@Silver surfer This is confusing. If you take a look at the photo of the Snowdrop Immortals Dorothy Lucking is the lady at the front in the blue coat. Over her right shoulder is Ray Cobb as mentioned earlier. There is also a member of the Elwes family I think, I can only see the photo possibly the lady front row in a hat, it has been a long time since I saw this photo. It would seem there is more than one Dorothy Lucking in the Notts area who had died in the past few years. It is Dorothy Kathleen aged One Hundred who the snowdrop is named after.
I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
. 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.
Pink678 I would never recommend putting Hyacinthoides non scripta ...common name bluebell anywhere near snowdrops. Bluebells can be invasive and will swamp any other plants.
Leucojum..common name snowflakes look good with snowdrops.
I realise not everyone wants special named snowdrop. Many love to see carpets of the pretty Galanthus nivalis....as I do as well. Pics below taken at Cambo...near St Andrews East Coast. Scotland.
Lovely displays, @Silver surfer. There's a formal garden near me that is known for its snowdrop carpets. I will try to go along and get some photos in a month or too. The season tends to be quite early here. (I already have bluebell leaves emerging.)
Pics below taken on a private visit of Scottish Rock Garden club, to Brechin Castle snowdrops. (In a wood some distance from the main gardens) Untouched for years. Experts go to try and find "new"/special snowdrops in amongst the mass of Galanthus elwesii.
I liked the small clump in the hollow of the beech tree.
Thanks so much @Silver surfer I didn't realise that, it's really helpful to know. I think I won't do the bluebells then.
I like the look of the snowdrop and snowflake together, with one a bit higher than the other. Is the snowdrop in your photo the common one, Galanthus nivalis?
I looked up the snowflake page and it says 0.1 - 0.5 m - 0.5m sounds higher than I would have guessed.
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It would seem there is more than one Dorothy Lucking in the Notts area who had died in the past few years. It is Dorothy Kathleen aged One Hundred who the snowdrop is named after.
I would never recommend putting Hyacinthoides non scripta ...common name bluebell anywhere near snowdrops.
Bluebells can be invasive and will swamp any other plants.
Leucojum..common name snowflakes look good with snowdrops.
Below...Left snowdrop. Right snowflake.
Top snowflake. Bottom snowdrop.
Leucojum vernum....Snowflake.
Leucojum vernum..snowflake.
Many love to see carpets of the pretty Galanthus nivalis....as I do as well.
Pics below taken at Cambo...near St Andrews East Coast. Scotland.
Lovely displays, @Silver surfer. There's a formal garden near me that is known for its snowdrop carpets. I will try to go along and get some photos in a month or too. The season tends to be quite early here. (I already have bluebell leaves emerging.)
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Untouched for years.
Experts go to try and find "new"/special snowdrops in amongst the mass of Galanthus elwesii.
I liked the small clump in the hollow of the beech tree.
More pics from Brechin Castle in link below.....
https://www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=11713966@N02&sort=date-taken-desc&text=brechin&view_all=1