{"product_id":"bloomer","title":"Galanthus 'Bloomer'","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eGalanthus\u003c\/em\u003e 'Bloomer' is a cultivar which has been in circulation for around 35 years, being discovered initially by John Morley of North Green Snowdrops in Norfolk in 1990.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eThe monograph explains that it came up as a seedling in the clump of 'Tubby Merlin' at North Green, and in the early 1990s it was sent out by mistake as 'Tubby Merlin' itself, before it was given a name of its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eBrian Ellis tells me that mature bulbs are generally double-scaped, and that North Green originally nicknamed it 'Frilly Knickers', after the frilly margins on its inner segments.  'Bloomer' was then felt to be a more suitable name, as it gave a nod to that, and also to the fact that it is such a good doer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eIt is a beautiful plant with an olive green ovary and attractive inner marking, sometimes both looking even more yellow than green.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eA good doer and one that has stood the test of time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wrj-sources\" style=\"font-size: 0.75em; color: #8a8a8a; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5; border-top: 1px solid #e6e6e6; padding-top: 10px; margin-top: 28px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-weight: 600;\"\u003eSources\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSome of the background here comes from Bishop, Davis \u0026amp; Grimshaw, \u003cem\u003eSnowdrops: A Monograph of Cultivated Galanthus\u003c\/em\u003e and Brian Ellis (by email, October 2026).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WRJ SNOWDROPS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55483872444742,"sku":null,"price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/0701\/0118\/files\/Bloomer-CR1_1928.jpg?v=1763642701","url":"https:\/\/www.wrjsnowdrops.co.uk\/products\/bloomer","provider":"WRJ Snowdrops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}