snowdrops - bulbs or in the green?

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    Hi Joolz, pm on the way. I know you won't want to hear this, but if you work out that, say, there were a total of 20 Snowdrops in the 4 pots.....for a fiver. Then 100 would cost you £25, whereas buying Snowdrops in the green on line, or by phone, would cost you £9 per 100!! You could buy some nice Ferns with the difference:heehee::D Plant the Snowdrops you've got now before they go over otherwise you'll get busy and forget!!!:D
     
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      Oh, you've been at Ziggy's home made brew, Spruce.:heehee::heehee::D The last thing I would buy is a "collector's" plant because, to me, their "value" is overblown and manipulated by the market.:mad: Like us all I love it when I buy a cheap plant I've never grown before and find it's a stunner. The most I've paid for a plant this year was £50 for an Acer Tree around 6' in height that a friend of mine, a Market Gardener, had got for a customer and who failed to turn up to buy it. So I was offered it at cost price and obviously bought it. There aren't many of us on GC who would pay £250 for a single bulb. Sounds like the Tulip Craze in the 18th century.:heehee::D
       
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      armandii i promise il plant them tomo:heehee: along with my pink bell seedlings ive had for 5 months plus :scratch: i think :thumbsup:
      darrans the snowdrop fan,he says there were some in the garden originally but ive prob disdurbed a lot since i moved in :o
      as for ferns i spotted a pewter lace fern i might buy .....nice :thumbsup: plus a few more :thumbsup:
      also blue hostas for my shady bits :)
      i really didnt realise how many diff snowdrops there are ...£250 for green tear,its on my ebay watchlist to see the final price :fingerdrum::sunny:
       
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        Gives me a tear to see the price of some of those Snowdrops, Joolz.:D:heehee::cry3::cry3:
         
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          I was suprised how many diffrent ones as well , I know I have a 10 I think diffrent ones but never kept the labels :o, I bought from the garden centre in a posh wooden tray at half price as they were to ££ and no one bought them

          I have green tear on my watch list as well

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            At that price just imagine what my Snowdrop wood full would cost!
            And if you can tell the difference betwixt many of the 'different' forms of Galanthus nivalis then you are better than me.
             
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            OCD :loll:


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            im glued to ebay watching the green tear snowdrop:rolleyespink: :heehee: 57 mins to go and still at £250
             
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            Well, don't expect to see my name there bidding for it, Joolz............can't say the same for Spruce though:rolleyespink::heehee::heehee::loll::D
             
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              Hey you !!!! Not a snow drop, we were looking in work today one of the girls said "imagine if a slug got it"

              I wii lhave a quick nose , but I wonder how many of us have a new variety in the garden without knowing , snowdrops are known for being naughty :heehee:

              I got a 100 snowdrops £5.50 bargain all the rest went for 7 and 8 ££


              just hada look still £250 the other one is £122.00 !!!!!!!
              This would make a good sticky thread we could all keep a look out , Simbad told ebay 2010 daylily going for one plant £80.00 upwards but I didnt see that hapen last year most was about £35.00 but we have both spoted one in a catalouge going for £108 but all we do is drool nothing else .
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                wish i had the money armandii,id buy it for darran he loves snowdrops :)
                theres news reports that the guys sold them for £360 before now :what:....should rename them jawdrops :D at them prices x

                47 mins to go :):)
                 
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                  ive not seen the other one for £122 ,is that another seller spruce?
                  ive spent money on a victoria plum tree n a lilac tree on ebay today just cos ive been watching the snowdrop and got bored :loll:
                   
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                    100 Snowdrops for £5.50p?, that's pretty good, Spruce.:thumbsup::yess: You're right about unknown new varieties and not just in Snowdrops, there's plenty of plants that throw up some reasonable "sports" every now and then.

                    £250 for one Snowdrop, Joolz:scratch::D I've got a feeling that Darran would appreciate the nearly 4000 you could buy at the conventional price:heehee::heehee::loll::D If you could buy them at the price that Spruce did that would be 8000!!!....now that would please Darran.:thumbsup::D

                    My Snowdrops are just gathering and starting to showin numbers:

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                    I don't think I could put a price on just being able to watch them springing out of the ground!!!:happydance::happydance::yess::thumbsup::thumb:
                     
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                      i would have to dig the lawn up for 4000 to 8000 darran reckons :heehee: ...which i just might :D
                      i bet spruce has millions :)..il catch you all up in the next few yrs ha :) i hope :WINK1:....... 8mins to go :D
                       
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                        :wow: £360 again,wish i had them to sell :)
                         
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