Don't give up entirely. G. nivalis and G. elwesii both have been doing
well for me in Pebble Beach, especially the latter. They don't make
large, wonderful colonies, but what I have planted have persisted and
arrived in January to brighten up what I hope will be a gray, wet winter
landscape.
Welcome to a garden we on the central Calif. coast all enjoy.
Shirley Meneice
Merrill Jensen wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>I've grown snowdrops in various locations over the last 25 years. They have
>done well in Eastern Washington (zone 6), SW Idaho (zone 6/7) and the
>Willamette Valley (zone 8) in Oregon. I've always had them where they get
>full spring sun where they can take advantage of the warming rays to bloom,
>but by the time they are done, other plant material has grown up to disguise
>the drying foliage. I have also grown everything that is commercially
>available with equal results despite differing soil types in the different
>locations. Conditions ranged from a pH of 8.2 with heavy clay in Idaho to a
>5.4, wonderful humus filled loam in Oregon. My favorite has been G. nivalis
>'Viridi-apice' and the least; G. nivalis 'Flore Pleno' (look like over blown
>bloomers...). In every location, I could count on them to start blooming
>the last week in January, with some minor variation due to snows. They all
>colonized well and were one of my favorites, next to species tulips. Eight
>months ago, I relocated to the Bay Area where they don't receive enough of a
>winter chill, so am forced to explore the wide, wonderful world of South
>African geophytes.... Damn....
>
>Merrill Jensen
>Director of Horticulture
>Elizabeth F. Gamble Garden
>1431 Waverley Street
>Palo Alto, CA 94301
>http://www.gamblegarden.org/
>
>Zone 9/10, where tulips are expensive annuals and Chasmanthe are weeds
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>On Behalf Of Mark Smyth
>Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 2:02 PM
>To: Pacific Bulb Society
>Subject: [pbs] snowdrops
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>>How are others growing their snowdrops?
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>all over now for the 2004/5 season.
>
>Mark
>N Ireland
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