9/7/2023 0 Comments Golden records bryn mawr![]() It is fun to be able to look straight into the flowers.Īlthough ‘Fiona’s Gold’, a G. ![]() Matt Bishop named this snowdrop ‘Neckless Wonder’ because it has no pedicel attaching it to the stem-not an endearing name but certainly descriptive. So here is a sneak preview of developments in the snowdrop world. However, I thought it would be easy and fun to highlight some of the amazing snowdrops that are coming down the pipeline or have been very recently introduced. I predict a big price on UK eBay if that hasn’t already happened.ġ,500 photos later it is hard to know where to start especially since it is time for me to focus on shipping snowdrops. ‘Pieces of Eight’ combines a very bold form of the ‘Trym’/’Trumps’ type marking with the fuller, rounder look that I prefer in a snowdrop. For catalogues and announcements of events, please send your full name, location, and phone number (for back up use only) to Click here to get to the home page of our website for catalogues and information about our nursery and to subscribe to our blog. The only plants that we ship are snowdrops and miniature hostas. Nursery News: Carolyn’s Shade Gardens is a retail nursery located in Bryn Mawr, PA, specializing in showy, colorful, and unusual plants for shade. We found our way to Welford Park, Painswick Rococo Garden, Colesbourne Park, Avon Bulbs, East Lambrook Manor Garden (Margery Fish), Rodmarton Manor, the RHS Spring Show at Vincent Square, North Green Snowdrops, and Gelli Uchaf Garden in Wales.Īnd, even more fun, we spent time with Sir Henry and Lady Carolyn Elwes at Colesbourne, Alan Street at Avon and the RHS Show (plus Maxine and Mickey), Simon Biddulph at Rodmarton, Phil Cornish in his garden, John Morley at North Green, and Julian and Fiona Wormald in their Welsh garden. Michael and I just returned from two weeks in England visiting famous snowdrop venues and meeting the rock stars of the galanthus world. ‘Green Comet’ originated in the garden at North Green and was named for its large flowers, resembling ‘Comet’, and its lettuce green leaves, usually in threes as you can see in the photo. Yellow snowdrops often look olive in England, to me anyway, rather than the bright yellow they display in the US due to our sunny weather. ‘Golden Fleece’, the first yellow ‘Trym’, introduced by Joe Sharman at Monksilver Nursery, and an eBay record setter at £1,390 for one plant. ‘Trumps’ found in the North Green garden by Matt Bishop. ![]() However, we persevered and saw many snowdrops I had only read about before, which I want to share with you. As we toured the garden, Arctic wind blew the snow sideways, and at least half my photos were out-of-focus as the snowdrops swayed. North Green is located in Beccles on the east coast of England where the land juts out to receive icy blasts from the North Sea. On a trip where we never saw the sun and it rained or snowed every day, our visit to North Green stood out as the coldest day of the two weeks we were in England. As the snow falls, John Morley gamely points out snowdrops in the garden at North Green. Click here to get to the home page of our website for catalogues and information about our nursery and to subscribe to our blog. For catalogues and announcements of local events, please send your full name, mailing address, and cell number to and indicate whether you are mail order only. The only plants that we ship are snowdrops within the US. John recently introduced the golden yellow ‘Mother Goose’, which immediately topped my acquisition list. Macnamara’, ‘Three Ships’, and ‘Remember, Remember’. North Green has named snowdrops that are iconic in the galanthus world, including ‘Trumps’, ‘Comet’, ‘Mrs. One of the most famous is John Morley of the legendary nursery North Green Snowdrops. Last February, my husband Michael and I traveled to England to visit gardens and meet famous galanthophiles.
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