Its easy to post them, - but not to do so legally? On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 5:32 PM, Jane McGary <janemcgary@earthlink.net>wrote: > Kevin wrote > >Dear Fellow Bulb Fanatics- > > > >GALANTHUS > > > >Subject line says it. > >Seems they are difficult to locate in the states. Any suggestions > >or better to offer? Would like to get some soon. > > > >Experience has taught me they are best to move "in the green" or > >immediately afterward. > >Galanthus do so beautifully in up state N.Y. that it would be fun to > >try to develop them here. > > First, the only specialist supplier I know of in the US is Hitch > Lyman, Temple Nursery, PO Box 591, Trumansburg, NY 14886. Kevin > didn't find him because Mr. Lyman does not use computers and thus has > no website. He sells common kinds for about $3 a bulb and other kinds > for very high prices ($20-$30). > > Second, although Kevin believes that moving snowdrops in growth is a > good way to relocate them, and Mr. Lyman does also, most growers now > are convinced that this is a myth that began when we didn't have the > ability to store the dormant bulbs properly and ship them quickly. > When I was selling bulbs I always sent my Galanthus bulbs dormant in > late summer, packed in barely moist vermiculite, and I've received > healthy bulbs from the UK and Latvia at this stage also. It also > means much less expense! We may hear from Galanthus expert John > Grimshaw soon on this topic. > > Though I'm no galanthophile (snowdrop fanatic), we do have a few here > in the Pacific Northwest and it's likely that we'll slowly build up a > community stock of select varieties that will eventually be > disseminated. One problem is that the genus Galanthus is CITES > controlled (because of harvesting in the wild in Turkey) and > therefore very expensive to import: each listed genus in an order > requries a separate, costly CITES permit, even if the material being > shipped is a named variety that's been propagated in gardens for a century. > > Jane McGary > Portland, Oregon, USA > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >