Thanks Berghill and everyone who has replied - I was worried the rain had gotten to them too as everything here is soaking
That said, the few I put in pots south-facing are emerging...and they were from the same lot as the shady garden side - so maybe they weren't/aren't all dead! Though I take your point Berghill, that many will be and if I get no show, I'll try buying them in the green this year (thanks nut). Spent a bloody fortune on the dried ones too
Good luck Forester - keeping my fingers crossed for yours too!
If you bought them as soon as they appeared in the outlets then they may well survive. Other thing to do when soaking them as Obelixx says is to add some fungicide to the water.
The ones I have in flower are G. elwesii Barnes Form which is a very early type.
Wish I could afford the special ones which are around, especially the autumn flowering ones like G. lagodechianus.
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Thanks Berghill and everyone who has replied - I was worried the rain had gotten to them too as everything here is soaking
That said, the few I put in pots south-facing are emerging...and they were from the same lot as the shady garden side - so maybe they weren't/aren't all dead! Though I take your point Berghill, that many will be and if I get no show, I'll try buying them in the green this year (thanks nut). Spent a bloody fortune on the dried ones too
Good luck Forester - keeping my fingers crossed for yours too!
Good news Jess - I have spotted a clump of snowdrops just emerging so maybe you will get some popping up soon.
If you bought them as soon as they appeared in the outlets then they may well survive. Other thing to do when soaking them as Obelixx says is to add some fungicide to the water.
The ones I have in flower are G. elwesii Barnes Form which is a very early type.
Wish I could afford the special ones which are around, especially the autumn flowering ones like G. lagodechianus.
I never even knew how many varieties there were Berghill - amazing.
Thanks for all the tips.
Now to find a snowdrop walk/garden to visit which isn't a million miles from us and where I can drool over the real McCoy!
Off to check mine for the upteenth time this week Forester
I see you are in Camden so some of these places may be near to you
http://www.gardensillustrated.com/article/visits/flurry-snowdrops
Thanks Berghill, will have a look at those.
Got a gift from my mum today -a pot of snowdrops in the green no less! Now have impossible task of deciding where to plant them!
What a kind mum you've got Jess.
I have a few special snowdrops but only because I have a galanthophile friend who is very generous.
I like to see a mass of ordinary snowdrops best of all.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Yes, my mum is a star - hasn't a clue about plants, but that means I have fun doing up her pot plants on the balcony.