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snow drops
Mommaperidot
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Sorry if this has been posted recently,does anybody know where I could get some snow drops 'in the green' as they like to say? I have looked online and to be honest I think they are a tad over priced? I have looked in my neighbour hood but sadly I can not find any to liberate ( nudge nudge wink wink ) Many thanks Jemma
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Buying them in the green is expensive compared to the bulbs, although they are far more reliable!
https://eurobulbs.co.uk/single-snowdrop-galanthus.html
as advertised in February's Gardeners World Magazine - single snowdrops £5 for 50
I think that's a very reasonable price - other varieties available.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I'm not knocking the in-the-green thing, but I have had good success with planting bulbs in late summer.
You're not in North Yorkshire then! My daughter and I were up there for a funeral, a year or two back, and were enchanted by all the snowdrops. We chose a scenic route back and every village was marked by great patches of snowdrops on the verges. It was a cheering end to a sad day and snowdrops from now on will always remind us of that friend!
My own snowdrops all came from two clumps I had from my mother-in-law's garden, which I have spread around over the years. You don't need many to start - is there really no-one you could ask?
I bought bulbs and a handful of green and both little clumps have come up for the second year now. Maybe I just got lucky with the bulbs. Not very lucky as something keeps biting the heads off but at least they come up.
It's drying out they don't like. the timing is less critical
In the sticks near Peterborough
Just ordered 100 single snowdrops from an ebay seller I've used several times before for £9.30 inc p&p.
Bought snowdrops in the green from eurobulbs last year. Bought them once they had 'gone over' , they were a good price. Also have some that came from my mums garden that have come up every year.
I always hunt my local GCs after the snowdrops have njust about finished flowering and buy them from the reduced corner. Usually £1.00 for 5 bulbs.
There is a huge clump growing deep in the hedge at the end of our lane. I have had my eye on them for several years but haven't plucked up the courage to "borrow" some of them. It would be quite a challenge to penetrate the hawthorn hedge and rootle through the overgrown weeds to find the soil, let alone the plants.