Jim ,any chance of a list of your "collection"? Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim McKenney" <jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com> To: "'Pacific Bulb Society'" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 1:21 AM Subject: Re: [pbs] Galanthus requirements > Thanks for the comments, Mark. I'm sorry if I gave the impression that > snowdrops had not done well for me and were lacking in my garden. > > I'll keep your suggestions in mind; I'm sure there will be space if I ever > get the chance to try the ones you mention. > > Actually, I grow a nice assortment of snowdrops, many obtained years ago > from Mr. Mars of Haselmere or later from Avon Bulbs back in the days when > plants were sent in the green. In my experience, such plants always > arrived > in excellent condition. I've got early snowdrops, late snowdrops, singles, > doubles, some with narrow foliage, some with broad foliage, some are big, > some are small, the green markings on the inner tepals of some are so > distinct that I've got pet names for them, and there are some with > greenish > markings on the outer tepals and one golden snowdrop which appeared in the > garden here. > > Few of these have made it to my web site - I'm not sure why. > > I like them all very much, and in that affection I see a potential > problem: > I refuse to start another collection. I've learned to be satisfied with > what > I've got - or at any rate satisfied most of the time. > > The snowdrops I grow do well here and are carefree once you get them > going. > The only problems I've ever encountered with snowdrops were with newly > acquired material. > > Best regards and I hope your garden is soon a blizzard of snowdrop bloom. > > Jim McKenney > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > >