Comments on: Visit Snowdrop Heaven: The Temple Nursery

By: Kathy Purdy

Kathy Purdy — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:26:27 +0000

Pat, as I mentioned above, I haven’t yet been to Temple Nursery myself. It’s Craig Cramer who went and took pictures last year, and I don’t think he kept track of the names of the ones he photographed.

By: Pat

Pat — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:22:06 +0000

I’d love to see a photo of the Blewberry tart snowdrop on you blog site.

By: Scenes from snowdrop heaven | Cold Climate Gardening

Scenes from snowdrop heaven | Cold Climate Gardening — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 22:17:42 +0000

[...] True to his word, Craig of Ellis Hollow did indeed visit the Temple Nursery on Open Garden Day, and took pictures. If you haven’t stopped over to read his account and get a glimpse of the variety possible within the genus Galanthus, now would be a good time to go take a look. I was out of town and couldn’t go myself, so I really appreciate Craig making time in his busy schedule to photograph what must be the most extensive collection of snowdrops in the United States. Stumble it! [...]

By: heirloomgardener

heirloomgardener — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 01:15:43 +0000

Thank you for the recommendation on Temple Nursery.

By: Curtis

Curtis — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 15:56:01 +0000

I never knew there were so many snowdrops variety.

I like your blog colors. Brownish green. Very neat.

By: Don

Don — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:53:34 +0000

Bitton yup; woronowii nope (see Trotter’s Merlin tomoroow… yup).

I’d love to see his garden… snowdrops and lilacs.
Don

By: Annie in Austin

Annie in Austin — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:14:54 +0000

I can’t even imagine 40 different Snowdrops – let alone 400… and discerning the varieties of such a tiny flower seems mind boggling. Do you need a microscope and caliper to see the differences?

Sorry Austin is responsible for you missing this event, Kathy! I sure hope Craig can get there in your absence.

Annie at the Transplantable Rose

By: kate

kate — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:02:36 +0000

There’s always next year ! I can’t quite get my head around the thoughts of so many Snowdrops! I’d jump at the chance to go visit. Instead I’ll check out Craig’s photos.

By: plantsforprofit

plantsforprofit — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:04:41 +0000

We’re having a very unseasonal cold snap – normally now the weather would be warming up, but we got wind, snow flurries, rain …. yuck. We’ve got to start selling plants again – but couldn’t keep them on the sidewalk because of the wind. Hopefully next week will see an improvement.

One of my mom’s regrets is that she didn’t bring some of the snowdrops from home when she moved near us. There used to be masses of them in the woods around the house. She kept threatening to send me to “acquire” some …. I sidestepped – but since she passed, I kind of regret it.

I’d love to see somewhere with 400 kinds of snowdrops.

By: jodi

jodi — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:08:11 +0000

You’re right about it not being over til it’s over. The first clump of snowdrops are up in my garden, an inch tall and opening their fat little heads (double flowers) though many parts of the garden are like yours, still buried in snow.
I can only dream of seeing that many different types of snowdrops. I’ll be there in spirit, though.