Hi Paul, i was very interested to hear of australian snowdrops!I hear precious little about them.Interesting comments about G.gracilis.Yes it is always said to be a species for hotter conditions.But oddly last spring I found it growing alongside ,perhaps seasonal, streams in Turkey.True in other places it shot up from heaps of stones so would never get a baking really.And also grew in the base of various 2m tall or so spiny shrubs on the shady side,mostly to avoid grazing animals I suppose.It was never in direct sun there. Kind regards, Mark > Message du 28/01/08 08:34 > De : "Paul T." > A : "Pacific Bulb Society" > Copie à : > Objet : Re: [pbs] Galanthus requirements > > At 10:46 AM 28/01/2008, you wrote: > >Dear Jim, > >If only you could get Galanthus cilicicus and G.fosteri in some good forms > >you may have better results.These species don't mind drought or heat quite > >so much as any others,in act they are quite tender especially G.cilicicus > > Mark et al, > > Add Galanthus gracilis to that list. I find that they much prefer > here to be in a sunnier drier place than the other Galanthus (and > reginae-olgae seem to be quite happy there as well in most > cases). The Galanthus gracilis was for a few years in 5 inch squat > pots out on my back landing (which means full sun for half the day or > more in summer) and they thrived, multiplied and flowered > freely. One year I realised that I shouldn't be doing this (I'd > relaised this before, jsut not thought about it during summer) so I > repotted them into a bigger pot (around 30 bulbs by that stage) and > put them in more shade and kept them damper. They grew and flowered > and when repotted the next season there was not a single bulb left in > there. Thankfully I had dropped a couple into the ground in a warmer > drier summer area (not talking full sun here, but definitely hotter > and drier than traditional Galanthus conditions) and I have > established a large clump there. I eventually lifted a couple back > into a pot and put it back in the original conditions I had them in > on the back landing...... those couple within a couple of years > multiplied to around 15, probably half of them flowering sized I > would hazard. It just goes to show if something works well for you > don't change it, whatever the books or advice from people might say!! > (The loss of the Primula auricula collection after such advice cured > me of that, let me tell you!!) > > All the best from a fellow hopelessly addicted Galanthus collector. > > Cheers. > > Paul T. > Canberra, Australia - USDA Zone Equivalent approx. 8/9 > > Growing an eclectic collection of plants from all over the world > including Aroids, Crocus, Cyclamen, Erythroniums, Fritillarias, > Galanthus, Irises, Trilliums (to name but a few) and just about > anything else that doesn't move!! > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > >