{"product_id":"galanthus-fieldgate-continuo","title":"Galanthus 'Fieldgate Continuo'","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eGalanthus\u003c\/em\u003e 'Fieldgate Continuo' is an attractive and vigorous snowdrop from the late Colin Mason.  Originally found, as with all of the other 'Fieldgate' snowdrops in cultivation, in his Warwickshire garden; situated on Fieldgate Lane in Kenilworth, Warwickshire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eIt has a very attractive inner marking and looks fantastic in a clump.  It grows very well in my garden here in the North West of England and is a great doer.  I believe the mark on the inners is a broad, rounded inverted 'U' reaching about halfway up the segment, and the flowers sit well on nice upright stems.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eColin was a real lover of classical music, and many of his snowdrops were named after musical pieces and terms.  The continuo is the part in Baroque music that carries on underneath everything else from start to finish, and I can't think of a better name for a snowdrop that just keeps on going, year after year.  Colin let the bees do the pollinating for him, and he was one of the first to bulk up his best seedlings by chipping and twin-scaling.  That's a big part of the reason we can all still enjoy them today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSome of the background here comes from Freda Cox's book,\u003c\/em\u003e A Gardener's Guide to Snowdrops\u003cem\u003e.  I've included it in good faith, but please treat it as a helpful guide rather than gospel.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WRJ SNOWDROPS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55594252763462,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/0701\/0118\/files\/FieldgateContinuo-CR1_1019.jpg?v=1765140540","url":"https:\/\/www.wrjsnowdrops.co.uk\/products\/galanthus-fieldgate-continuo","provider":"WRJ SNOWDROPS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}