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If, like me, you love the sight of snowdrops in late Januaury and February when you're gasping for a hint of spring, now's the time to order snowdrops 'in the green', ditto native bluebells. Snowdrops rarely come up when you buy those packets in the garden centre because they don't like to dry out, in the green is far, far better. Sorry if I'm teaching grandma (or dad) to suck eggs but it annoys me that bulb suppliers sell those dried up things. It's important to make sure that supplies are from cultivated stock - again, sorry if you already know that, but wild snowdrops and bluebells are still dug up by the truckload for re-sale and that's very bad news.
Real nice pictures, Osprey.
Feed The Birds....not the cats!!!!
I know....my spelling's crap !!
Hi Big Robbo,
I'm no expert but having looked at some daffs, irises and other flowering bulbs in the green today I would say that it does look like good value. The plants I was looking at were going for about £5 for 3 pots which was probably about 12 flowering bulbs in total.....
Hope this helps....
higgy50 said: Hi Big Robbo, I'm no expert but having looked at some daffs, irises and other flowering bulbs in the green today I would say that it does look like good value. The plants I was looking at were going for about £5 for 3 pots which was probably about 12 flowering bulbs in total..... Hope this helps....
i've just bought some pots of bluebells and snow drops, but then I only have a small patch of garden to cover so don't need the number that they sell in the green, would be a lot of plants without a home (plus they should flower this year yay!) For a larger patch though in the green is certainly excellent value for money!
Millie & Fly the Border Collies
http://www.tweedbankbulbs.co.uk/our_shop.htm
£12.50 for 100 + 20% free on the above site - and it was the first on the list when I Googled 'Snowdrops in the green' - didn't stop to check they were from cultivated stock because I wanted to reply to you before you gave the Mirror your money:-)) In short, you can do way better than they're offer! Sorry I didn't get back to you earlier, went out yesterday after doing a bit of gardening:-)) So I would have a quick look around the sites if I were you:-)
best, Kezsmum
There are also lots on ebay at the moment.
I quite often pick up pots of 'gone over' bulbs in the supermarkets, pop them out in the garden + hey presto the next spring!!
Thanks for the kind comments about the photos guy's, glorious subject so little, no skill required to make a good pic. Haven't managed to smell there scent yet this year, due some more sun today so thiscould be it for tiny + me!!
'In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks' John Muir.
Excuse wobbily dyslexic spelling!
good thinking! I've got a new garden to stock so I'll follow your good example:-)
Hi Guys, thank you all for the info you have provided and a big thank you to Kezsmum for getting back to me and providing the link.
The Mirror will get no money from me! ;-)
Regards all.
Rob.
Thanks for the links and advice, I hadn't done any research on this yet so very useful indeed.
Cheers
Followed Osprey's excellent scheme and bought 4 pots of Tete a Tete miniature daffodils in the market yesterday, 24 plants for the princely sum of £2.00! When a net of 50 bulbs cost more than a tenner, that was a result - good thinking Osprey:-))
just spotted this thread and as i know you all like to talk about albinos i took a pic of some unusual whitebells last april