Why Dig?
Rodger Whitlock (Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:42:15 PDT)
On 25 Apr 2013, at 18:39, Judy Glattstein wrote:
I have some Galanthus nivalis that are ex ex Lob's Woods. I got them
from Sydney Eddison. She got them from a neighbor who is a granddaughter
of Mr. Krippendorf. He's the man who had a wonderful correspondence with
Elizabeth Lawrence. And she visited Lob's Woods. These "ordinary"
snowdrops are extra-ordinary to me because of their pedigree.
And *I* have snowdrops that came around the Horn in 1850 with some of the
earliest European settlers in Victoria. Compliments of the now-deceased Sheila
Anderson, mother of David Anderson, Canada's environment minister at one time.
[Sigh]
They're not distinguishable in any way from other Galanthus nivalis I have. I
just know which patch they are.
Sheila was interested in sempervivum and jovibarba. I'd sing her praises but
not being a story of geophyte love, her history will have to wait for another
time. Let me just say that she was one of those very few people one considers
it an honor to have known.
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Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Z. 7-8, cool Mediterranean climate