Over the past few decades Adrian has divided clump after clump of Sam Arnott, planted in meadow, lawn and woodland amongst trees, shrubs, grasses and perennials and planted Sam Arnott in other gardens! Now in early spring, wherever you look groups and clumps of sparkling white, fragrant flowers light up the garden. Arnott’.įast forward to Adrian Bloom’s story – “I was given a clump by a nurseryman friend over 40 years ago, not knowing much about snowdrops, little aware of what a treasure and delight this ‘mother plant’ would bring to Foggy Bottom in winter”. Award of Garden Merit in 1951, apparently then to be correctly (and impersonally) named Galanthus nivalis ‘S. Eventually it made its way as Arnott’s Seedling into other gardens, and was finally given the R.H.S. Discovered as a seedling in his garden in Yorkshire in the late 19 th century by keen gardener Sam Arnott, who recognised it as a robust, larger flowering seedling than most. But in Adrian Bloom’s view, who now has several thousand plants spread through the Bressingham Gardens, and particularly in his own 6 acre Foggy Bottom Garden, for display, and fragrance, it’s difficult to beat the large flowered Galanthus S. The closer you look (probably on your hands and knees), the more difference you might notice between varieties of snowdrops. Is there really much difference between them, and if I had to choose one for my garden what should that be? But which one would you choose for your garden? Gardens with masses of snowdrops are breathing new life, opening to the public to view these harbingers of spring. Prices for rarities are edging up or over the £500 mark for a single bulb! The Story of Sam Arnott…įew gardeners may realize that we are in an era of Snowdrop Mania, and each year at this time so called Galanthophiles meet to view collections, exchange or buy newly found or bred varieties. “If there was only one snowdrop allowed to be in cultivation, I would have to choose Sam Arnott!” Adrian Bloom. To a Californian, rush meant a rush to find gold … not Gold Rush, but Azure Rush? To add insult to injury, it was decided in America to call Rozanne’s daughter or sister ‘Azure Rush’, as opposed perhaps to the either of the zu Jeddeloh ladies’ names, Gertrude or Sabine. The excitement at finding this was slightly negated by the knowledge that zu Jeddeloh would not be entitled to any royalties. It seemed to be lower growing and a lighter blue it had arisen as a ‘sport’ during the propagation in the tissue lab. On the Nursery of zu Jeddeloh, near Bad Zwischenahn in northern Germany, a single plant was spotted in a batch of 10,000 plants of ‘Rozanne’ which looked different to the rest. Donald and Rozanne Waterer had sadly died, but had at least received their first royalty payment and knew their discovery would be a success payments then passed to their family. Thirdly and lastly, we recommend Geranium ‘Azure Rush’, which has a rather different story … by 2005 many nurseries in other countries had been licensed to propagate, grow and sell Geranium ‘Rozanne’, and this was all handled by Blooms of Bressingham North America under the guidance of Gary Doerr.
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