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World’s Most Expensive Snowdrop
If you’re looking for the most expensive snowdrop in the world, then I may have just found it. On Thursday 16th February, 2012, Ipswich based Thompson & Morgan bought Galanthus woronowii ‘Elizabeth Harrison’ for a whopping £725. You raise an eyebrow? Well you’ll be even more shocked to discover that this incredible price was for a single bulb of the rare new hybrid. But, why has this variety caused such a bidding furore?
Over the past few years there have been several high prices for snowdrops, with 2011 seeing Galanthus ‘Green Tear’ selling a single bulb for £360. You might ask yourself why on earth these bulbs command such prices. Elizabeth Harrison truly is a rare gem in the snowdrop world, having it’s green ovary and petal markings replaced with vibrant yellow. But it’s cost is not demanded by the hybrid’s variety but by the fact that it is extremely slow to reproduce. This means that it can take decades for enough bulbs to be created to sell commercially, which results in their prices rising to astronomical rates.
Like Thompson & Morgan’s ‘Midnight Mystique’ Black Hyacinth which commanded £50,00 per bulb in 1998, Elizabeth Harrison is set to be in very high demand over the coming years. Midnight Mystique still cannot be produced to meet consumer demand, and you’ll be very lucky if you manage to get your hands on this precious bulb. Through tissue cultures, Thompson & Morgan hope to speed the reproductive process for this snowdrop, allowing them to bring this beautiful specimen to your garden in coming years. Meanwhile, snowdrops are now in full bloom across Britain, and there several top gardens to see snowdrops this month.
Even in winter, there’s a reason to smile
Anglesey Abbey Gardens – Cambridge
Amongst 100 acres of garden, you can discover more than 240 varieties of snowdrop, including the rare Galanthus lagodechianus.
Ickworth – Suffolk
Amongst their Oak Walk, Trim Trail and Geraldine’s Walk, Ickworth showcases beautiful shows of snowdrops accompanied by aconites of gold.
Hodsock Priory – Nottinghamshire
Hodoskc Priory has five acres of snowdrop beauty during January and February, including a woodland walk to showcase these beautiful flowers with even great attraction.
Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal – Yorkshire
A stunning World Heritage Site, Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal combines 323 hectares of countryside all with the January and February show of snowdrops to make you smile.
Nymans – West Sussex
A 20th century garden which has an impressive plant collection, Nymans is a sight for sore eyes in the spring, with snowdrops and early daffodils underplanted amongst magnolias and camellias. Meanwhile, the Wall Garden combines rare hellebore species with a meadow of Galanthus.
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