Comments on: Snowdrop Race http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2006/01/05/snowdrop-race/ Hardy plants for hardy souls Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:59:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: entangled http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2006/01/05/snowdrop-race/comment-page-1/#comment-779 entangled Mon, 23 Jan 2006 17:47:08 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/?p=505#comment-779 My first snowdrops bloomed over the weekend, almost 10 days later than last year. I plan to have a picture posted later today. I tried the Martha Stewart website, on the chance that they might have archived the magazine articles there, but no luck. There is this, however: <a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/page.jhtml?type=content&id=plant1735" rel="nofollow">Galanthus nivalis</a>. My first snowdrops bloomed over the weekend, almost 10 days later than last year. I plan to have a picture posted later today. I tried the Martha Stewart website, on the chance that they might have archived the magazine articles there, but no luck. There is this, however:
Galanthus nivalis.

]]> By: OldRoses http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2006/01/05/snowdrop-race/comment-page-1/#comment-743 OldRoses Sat, 14 Jan 2006 04:18:55 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/?p=505#comment-743 Hi Kathy! I'm way behind in my blog reading and didn't realize I "won" the race. You're right about the snow melting. Usually the snowdrops that are currently blooming in my garden are the last to bloom because that is where the snow melts last in my yard (it's my deep shade garden). I didn't realize until last year that there is more than one kind of snowdrop. I'm trying a new one, can't remember what it is but I'm curious to see if it really does look different and if it grows and spreads as well as the "regular" ones. Needless to say, I'll be blogging about it. Hi Kathy! I’m way behind in my blog reading and didn’t realize I “won” the race. You’re right about the snow melting. Usually the snowdrops that are currently blooming in my garden are the last to bloom because that is where the snow melts last in my yard (it’s my deep shade garden). I didn’t realize until last year that there is more than one kind of snowdrop. I’m trying a new one, can’t remember what it is but I’m curious to see if it really does look different and if it grows and spreads as well as the “regular” ones. Needless to say, I’ll be blogging about it.

]]> By: Kathy Purdy http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2006/01/05/snowdrop-race/comment-page-1/#comment-732 Kathy Purdy Mon, 09 Jan 2006 17:49:21 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/?p=505#comment-732 Hi, Catherine, nice to meet you. A lot of the better bulb catalogs (Brent&Becky's, McClure&Zimmerman, and Odyssey Bulbs come to mind) offer more than one kind of snowdrop, even if they don't offer as many as Temple Nursery. And they will be more reasonably priced. Even the place with the old tulips (Old House Gardens, by any chance?) probably has snowdrops. Just remember to note where the snow melts first in your garden or lawn, and plan on planting your snowdrops there! Hi, Catherine, nice to meet you. A lot of the better bulb catalogs (Brent&Becky’s, McClure&Zimmerman, and Odyssey Bulbs come to mind) offer more than one kind of snowdrop, even if they don’t offer as many as Temple Nursery. And they will be more reasonably priced. Even the place with the old tulips (Old House Gardens, by any chance?) probably has snowdrops. Just remember to note where the snow melts first in your garden or lawn, and plan on planting your snowdrops there!

]]> By: catherine http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2006/01/05/snowdrop-race/comment-page-1/#comment-731 catherine Mon, 09 Jan 2006 17:38:22 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/?p=505#comment-731 35 varieties of snowdrops -- who knew? Of course i want the catalog...but then again, what with the heirloom tomatoes and the old roses and the peonies and that place with the old tulips i found last year, not to mention the orchids and agaves inside...maybe i should just NOT order it, out of self-preservation.... 35 varieties of snowdrops — who knew? Of course i want the catalog…but then again, what with the heirloom tomatoes and the old roses and the peonies and that place with the old tulips i found last year, not to mention the orchids and agaves inside…maybe i should just NOT order it, out of self-preservation….

]]> By: Kathy Purdy http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2006/01/05/snowdrop-race/comment-page-1/#comment-730 Kathy Purdy Sat, 07 Jan 2006 23:35:51 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/?p=505#comment-730 I agree with you about MSL. I used to get an invitation to subscribe in December or thereabouts and would attempt to send it in so that I would get the March gardening issue as my first issue and then cancel. Shameless, I know. Well, they must have gotten on to me because they don't ask me to subscribe anymore. They are great to look through to see how the other half lives, and I agree the gardening info was first rate, no matter what issue it was in. I always take other folks' back issues with open arms, and I think it should be a law of the Medes and the Persians that MSL be in every medical and dental waiting room in the land, but who listens to me? At any rate, after I wrote the above post, I availed myself of the public library's electronic database (Masterfile Premier from EBSCO) and discovered MSL ran an article about snowdrops in February 2000. Unfortunately, they don't let you see the text, but only provide the citation. And <em>Victoria</em> had an article about Hitch Lyman in their February 2002 issue. In this case, the text was provided, and it implied that Lyman is younger than I had imagined--and he <em>is</em> an artist. I agree with you about MSL. I used to get an invitation to subscribe in December or thereabouts and would attempt to send it in so that I would get the March gardening issue as my first issue and then cancel. Shameless, I know. Well, they must have gotten on to me because they don’t ask me to subscribe anymore. They are great to look through to see how the other half lives, and I agree the gardening info was first rate, no matter what issue it was in. I always take other folks’ back issues with open arms, and I think it should be a law of the Medes and the Persians that MSL be in every medical and dental waiting room in the land, but who listens to me? At any rate, after I wrote the above post, I availed myself of the public library’s electronic database (Masterfile Premier from EBSCO) and discovered MSL ran an article about snowdrops in February 2000. Unfortunately, they don’t let you see the text, but only provide the citation. And Victoria had an article about Hitch Lyman in their February 2002 issue. In this case, the text was provided, and it implied that Lyman is younger than I had imagined–and he is an artist.

]]> By: jenn http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2006/01/05/snowdrop-race/comment-page-1/#comment-729 jenn Fri, 06 Jan 2006 16:17:33 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/?p=505#comment-729 Martha did do an article on galanthus/ snowdrops. Since I have yet to look up the gardening quote I offered to find for you a year ago, I think you know not to look to me to supply further information. I can confirm that it is out there. I stopped taking Living some time ago because I couldn't justify the expense. I do wish that I could buy a coffee table book of the lovely plant samplers. They were always exquisite to look at and full of information. That and the Cooking:101 articles were all I was buying the magazine for. (Maybe I will get energenic and find both at one go... but don't hold your breath. sigh.) Martha did do an article on galanthus/ snowdrops.

Since I have yet to look up the gardening quote I offered to find for you a year ago, I think you know not to look to me to supply further information. I can confirm that it is out there.

I stopped taking Living some time ago because I couldn’t justify the expense. I do wish that I could buy a coffee table book of the lovely plant samplers. They were always exquisite to look at and full of information. That and the Cooking:101 articles were all I was buying the magazine for.

(Maybe I will get energenic and find both at one go… but don’t hold your breath. sigh.)

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