Snowdrops
We reserve the right to withdraw a bulb if the quality is not acceptable. The majority of our stock our potted in August and then then are bare-rooted before dispatch. We cannot inspect the bulb until this point. The bulbs are sent out in damp moss, and need to be potted as soon as possible on receipt.
PLEASE NOTE GALANTHUS ARE SENT OUT BETWEEN DECEMBER & FEBRUARY.
You will get a notification before dispatch.
A very robust Trym seedling with a good green mark on the outer segments. Olive Mason’s garden.
A pre-Christmas hybrid, usually in flower in November for us. Very easy. 15 cm.
Large, shapely hybrid from Kingston Bagpuize House, 2000. Ht 17 cm.
Delightful double with heavily shaded green outers. Neat. Kingston Bagpuize.
Very attractive neat double hybrid from Phil Cornish, Twigworth, 1991.
Reliable & popular early G. elwesii Oct-Nov Barr Nursery 1928.
Stunning green-tip with large rounded flowers. Excellent robust grower. Ht.17 cm.
Short G. plicatus with large flowers. Well-marked inner segments. Lovely broad leaves. Ht. 12cm.
Large flowered green-tipped G. elwesii from Gill Richardson.
Vigorous double from Bill Baker’s garden. Excellent for naturalizing. Tall and showy.
Classic pure white early G. reginae-olgae. October-November.
A distinctive G. elwesii from the slopes around Bletsoe Castle, Bedfordshire.
Another old classic double with upward facing flowers. Blewbury Church, Alan Street.
Another very good doer. Distinct look when in a drift. Alan Street , Blewbury.
Vigorous, easy, honey-scented hybrid, from Sam Arnott group. Jan-Feb. Ht. 20 cm.
Very large shapely flowers. Strong green inner markings, 15 cm.
Very large G. elwesii with erect leaves and triangular flowers. Giant Snowdrop Company.
Large flowers and erect attractive leaves. Inner segments with skittle marks. Dec-Feb.
A little cutey from Ian Chrstie.
A classic early Irish hybrid often with a second scape. November- January Mahon estate, Castlegar, Co Galway Ht. 15 cm.
Colour-changer from Richard Bashford. Unusual yellow flushed tips to the outer segments.
Green tipped G. x valentinei. Named for the old landlord of the Pot kiln Pub.
A robust G. plicatus with very large flowers. Ridged outer segments. Christopher Grey-Wilson, Colchester Ht. 25 cm.
Named for Chris Sanders by the late Margaret Owen.
Green marked G. woronowii.
A short G. elwesii with textured outer segments. Daphne Chappell, Helen Milford's garden, Chedworth, Gloucs. 1996 Ht. 15 cm.
Special Irish snowdrop from Lucan in Eire. Strong green inner markings. Chunky.
An early tall flowerer big and bold G.plicatus. Broad, plicate leaves, pale median stripe. Variable narrow green ‘V’ on inner perianth. Caroline Elwes, Colesbourne 1982...
Tall reliable G. elwesii with variable green tips to the outer segments. February. John Morley, RHS Wisley 1982.
Robust, early hybrid. Forms strong clumps Paul Barney, Compton 2009 Ht. 28 cm.
Sage-green leaves and well rounded flowers. X-markes inner segments. John Sales Cirencester 1997 Ht 23 cm.
A superb tall virescent hybrid with numerous green lines merging at the apex of the outer segments. Inverted green 'V' on the inner segments. Mark...
Large, slender hybrid, textured flowers, blue-green leaves, inner segments with pale-green ‘X’. Robust. Distinctive curled leaf. H. Ransom & Richard Nutt, Hyde Lodge 1960s Ht....
Yellow hybrid or G.reginae-olgae from Italy. Long pedicel. a seedling from G. ‘Monte Picatini’ Peter Erskine.