{"product_id":"lydiard-diana","title":"Galanthus nivalis 'Lydiard Diana'","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eGalanthus nivalis\u003c\/em\u003e 'Lydiard Diana' is a lovely, slender-looking snowdrop with flowers that are completely white.  There are no green marks on the inner segments at all, and the inners are nearly as long as the outers, so the flowers have a pure, poculiform look that is very striking against the dark leaves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eI class it as a poculiform, and a very beautiful one at that.  The outer segments are lightly ridged and bluntly pointed, and a group of these beautiful little white lanterns is a delight on a dull winter day.  Here in the North West it usually flowers in late February.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e'Lydiard Diana' comes from Lydiard Park, near Swindon, and takes its name from an 18th-century ancestor of Lady Diana Spencer, who became the 2nd Viscountess Bolingbroke.  It is a great favourite of Brian Ellis, who bought his from Colin Mason.\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 Freda Cox, \u003cem\u003eA Gardener's Guide to Snowdrops\u003c\/em\u003e; Brian Ellis (by email, February 2023).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WRJ SNOWDROPS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57706582114630,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/0701\/0118\/files\/Lydiard_Diana_-_CR1_2263_-_MAIN_square.jpg?v=1793788505","url":"https:\/\/www.wrjsnowdrops.co.uk\/products\/lydiard-diana","provider":"WRJ Snowdrops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}