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Post by Auricula on Jan 31, 2013 19:04:05 GMT
That's really be something to see Tig  |
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Post by Ladygardener on Jan 31, 2013 19:10:09 GMT
I think I got John Grey from a seller on Ebay Ladygardener a couple of years ago. I have a little violet plant in a small pot which I will send to you with the bulbs. They get bigger by sending out runners so are easy to keep small if you want. I was reading an article on a violet farm in Dorset or Devon and there are Parma Violet plants - they have to be kept warmer and dryer than ordinary violets. The Parma Violets would'nt do too well here with all the rain we get Jasmine |
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Post by Jasmine on Jan 31, 2013 19:34:51 GMT
Nor here LG, I think they suggested they should be kept in a GH and maybe got out in the summer.
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Post by Jasmine on Jan 31, 2013 19:36:06 GMT
I had to read you last post again Jas, can't tell you what my mind read the first time  x Tig I can guess! |
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Post by Jasmine on Feb 1, 2013 6:50:51 GMT
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Post by Jilly on Feb 1, 2013 8:32:01 GMT
 It was only £89 when I saw it on the other day.
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Post by Ladygardener on Feb 1, 2013 9:06:44 GMT
It's a beautiful Snowdrop but I would'nt pay £155 for it which is what the current bid is.
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Post by Jasmine on Feb 1, 2013 12:18:54 GMT
I'm not sure about the green outer petalled snowdrops, nor yellow snowdrops....but then again I know I wouldn't say 'no' if offered either!
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Post by Ladygardener on Feb 1, 2013 13:23:44 GMT
The bid is up to £180 now. It must be someone hoping to propagate it or something.  |
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Post by Tig on Feb 4, 2013 18:47:52 GMT
Closed at £331.51p!!!! More money than sense some folk, unless like you say Ladygardener they hope to get a lot more growing!!! |
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Post by Ladygardener on Feb 4, 2013 18:50:24 GMT
Oh my word that's crazy Tig.  |
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Post by Jasmine on Feb 4, 2013 19:17:30 GMT
I don't know about £2.75 p+p - I'd be expecting Securicor to deliver it...and stand guard over it once it was planted!!!!!
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Post by Jasmine on Feb 4, 2013 19:18:47 GMT
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Post by Jilly on Feb 4, 2013 19:34:10 GMT
That seller has got some lovely ones Jasmine, I like Mr Blobby |
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Post by Jasmine on Feb 4, 2013 19:42:29 GMT
Me too and G. E.A Bowles - he's one of the reliable sellers!
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Post by Tig on Feb 4, 2013 20:00:23 GMT
That one is not a million miles different from my doubles is it? Jasmine have I ever sent you any of mine? |
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Post by Rosefriend on Feb 4, 2013 20:02:11 GMT
I think it was Olaf that told me that he knows/knew someone that paid 750E for one snowdrop bulb..
RF
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Post by Jasmine on Feb 4, 2013 20:03:59 GMT
That one is not a million miles different from my doubles is it? Jasmine have I ever sent you any of mine? No you haven't Tig. What is 750E in pounds RF? |
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Post by Rosefriend on Feb 4, 2013 20:05:33 GMT
642,67 Pounds at todays rate Jasmine |
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Post by Jasmine on Feb 4, 2013 20:10:39 GMT
You wouldn't want that bulb ending up as a squirrel snack then would you?!!!! I don't recall seeing your double snowdrops Tig  |
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Post by Ladygardener on Feb 4, 2013 20:10:53 GMT
That one is not a million miles different from my doubles is it? Jasmine have I ever sent you any of mine?  Jasmine this is the pic I took of Tig's double sent to me last year. The insides of this plant are equally pretty I think. The outer petals are different 'tho. That's a shocking price to pay for a bulb Rf but I guess if you're going to breed from it. |
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Post by Tig on Feb 4, 2013 20:13:35 GMT
Wonder if that was the one that T & M bought last year on ebay? Do you remember Jas? I'll add some of my doubles to the next 'order' Jasmine - think they are just flore pleno but you never know lol (LG posted a photo of one I sent her on her garden thread at the end of January) Posted at the same time |
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Post by Jasmine on Feb 4, 2013 20:48:25 GMT
Oh, that's so pretty! Thank you Tig and thanks for posting the pic LG!
T&M paid £730 for their bulb Tig. I forget the name - Elizabeth Something....
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Post by Jasmine on Feb 4, 2013 20:51:07 GMT
Here's the news from one of last year's papers....
A single Scottish Elizabeth Harrison snowdrop bulb was sold for a record £725 on the online auction website eBay yesterday.
It more than doubled the price of the previous most expensive bulb, a Green Tear, which went for £360 last month.
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Post by Barbara on Feb 6, 2013 13:03:30 GMT
 Yesterday this was under the snow, what a difference. |
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Post by Jasmine on Feb 6, 2013 13:31:38 GMT
The snow melted quickly Barbara - lovely irises!
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Post by Ladygardener on Feb 6, 2013 15:08:25 GMT
I love to see the purple of the small Iris, they're such a welcome sight. Yours are lovely Barbara.
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Post by Jilly on Feb 6, 2013 15:37:51 GMT
Lovely Iris Barbara, glad the snow didn't last for too long. |
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Post by farmersboy on Feb 7, 2013 9:21:21 GMT
Must be spring,the bird is singing,and the flowers are blooming
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Post by Tig on Feb 7, 2013 9:54:27 GMT
goodun FB - are those water tete-a-tete? They look very wet 
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