New Snowdrops for 2023: Part One
‘June Boardman’ combines a bright yellow ovary with an inner mark that is lime green at the apex and pale yellow near the base. Photo from Anne Repnow author of Some Snowdrops: A Photographic Ramble....
View ArticleNew Snowdrops for 2023: Part Two
Although the flowers are closed obscuring the full green inner mark, I think this photo gives the best view of the ethereal combination of ‘Rosemary Burnham’s’ emerald green ovary, bluish leaves, and...
View ArticleSnowdrops and History at Benington Lordship Gardens
Benington Lordship is a Georgian manor house constructed in the 1700s near the ruins of a Norman castle built around 1130. Michael and I have traveled to England many times for work and pleasure, but...
View ArticleWandlebury Ring
The stable block at Wandlebury Ring was built for James II in the late 17th century and later housed the famous Godolphin Arabian. On our way back from Bennington Lordship (to read about that garden,...
View ArticleNew Snowdrops for 2024: Part One
‘Anglesey Candlelight’ has an orange glow on its inner segments (photo by Chris Ireland-Jones, thanks Chris!). Our current snowdrop catalogue is on line here. Fall color has been glorious this year and...
View ArticleNew Snowdrops for 2024: Part Two
One of ‘Miss Prissy’s’ best attributes is that the flowers face outward so you can see the inner segments (all photos in this post were taken by me at Avon Bulbs 2/2023). Our current snowdrop catalogue...
View ArticleNew Snowdrops for 2024: Part Three
It was this view of a sweeping stand of ‘Marjorie Brown’ at Glen Chantry Nursery in England that made it a must for my collection (photo taken at Glen Chantry 2/2023). Our current snowdrop catalogue is...
View ArticleDecember Blooming Snowdrops
Galanthus bursanus, the newest snowdrop species, blooms earliest in my collection Our current snowdrop catalogue, featuring several of the snowdrops in this post, is on line here, and we are taking...
View ArticleMy Favorite Snowdrops
‘Trumps’: has it all—vigorous, unique, beautiful; selected at the nursery of the wonderful John Morley, more here. Our current snowdrop catalogue, featuring several of the snowdrops in this post, is on...
View ArticleSnowdrops: Live Radio Interview
This beautiful yellow snowdrop, ‘Spindlestone Surpise’, will be available in the 2025 Snowdrop Catalogue—no advance orders please. Our 2024 Snowdrop Catalogue, which is on line here, is sold out. If...
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