{"product_id":"fieldgate-prelude","title":"Galanthus 'Fieldgate Prelude'","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eGalanthus\u003c\/em\u003e ‘Fieldgate Prelude’ - A hybrid snowdrop which I believe has \u003cem\u003eelwesii\u003c\/em\u003e in its genes.  It is reliably in flower by Christmas every year for me here in the North-West and has a nice long flowering period throughout January and sometimes even into February.  It is a selection from the late Colin Mason and is extremely vigorous.  I have three large clumps of it and I love it.  I have a good number of the other ‘Fieldgate’ snowdrops.  I like them all because they are all very unique and very easily identifiable.  ‘Fieldgate Prelude’ has a lovely inner marking in a relatively thin inverted ‘V’ at the sinus and a faded marking covering the rest of the inner segment to the base.  There aren’t a huge amount of snowdrops that flower so early in the season and, for that reason, and the fact that it is a very attractive, robust and vigorous snowdrop, I feel like it is a must for every collection.  I love to see ‘Fieldgate Prelude’ in full bloom, as I then know the rest of my main-season snowdrops are getting ready to burst into flower and the main snowdrop season is almost upon us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eColin gardened on Fieldgate Lane in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, and he loved his classical music, which is where a lot of his snowdrop names came from.  A prelude is the short piece that traditionally opens a larger work, and I think that's just perfect for a snowdrop that opens my season every single year.  He left the pollinating to the bees and was one of the early growers to bulk up his best plants by twin-scaling and chipping.  I believe it's thanks to that that so many of his selections are still around and growing in our gardens today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WRJ SNOWDROPS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55454824038726,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/0701\/0118\/files\/01FieldgatePrelude-CR1_3665.jpg?v=1763570975","url":"https:\/\/www.wrjsnowdrops.co.uk\/products\/fieldgate-prelude","provider":"WRJ SNOWDROPS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}