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Title: Snowdrops and snowflakes
Post by: davholla on September 25, 2007, 13:42:57

Has anyone grown these ? Is now the right time to plant them and if so where ?
Also any good suppliers ?

Title: Re: Snowdrops and snowflakes
Post by: sunloving on September 26, 2007, 15:36:11

Hi
I use this brilliant wholesale company . This link is to the snowdrops page (prices for 100 bulbs but youcan order them in 25s)

http://www.peternyssen.com/stock.php?catid=12&season=Autumn&groupid=57
They do fab tulips for bargain prices to.
Sunloving x

Title: Re: Snowdrops and snowflakes
Post by: davholla on September 26, 2007, 16:16:48

They are a bit expensive. Have you grown snowflakes ?

Title: Re: Snowdrops and snowflakes
Post by: norfolklass on September 26, 2007, 16:38:58

I can't speak from experience but I do remember reading somewhere that you plant snowdrops "in the green", or after they've flowered. just googled and found this bit of info about it on the Shipton Bulbs website:

http://www.bluebellbulbs.co.uk/howtoorder.htm

Title: Re: Snowdrops and snowflakes
Post by: Robert_Brenchley on September 27, 2007, 08:38:20

Moving snowdrops in the green is fine if it's a question of lifting your own clumps, dividing them and putting them straight back in. I wouldn't buy them like that as they don't like drying out at all, and no plant likes that sort of root disturbance.

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Produce => Non Edible Plants => Topic started by: davholla on September 25, 2007, 13:42:57