According to my copy of "The Bulbous Plants of Turkey" by Mathew and Baytop, there are 7 species of Galanthus in the country. Habitat "usually occurring in light woodland or scrub". Some will get pretty warm in summer in I would have thought so it is not a lost cause, but G. nivalis only gets a passing mention as the ssp. reginae-olgae, so you will need to avoid the cheap ones unfortunately. Brian Whyer, Buckinghamshire, England, zone ~8ish (~zero C at present) >________________________________ >From: Harold Koopowitz <hkoopowi@uci.edu> >To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> >Sent: Tuesday, 31 January 2012, 14:06 >Subject: Re: [pbs] pbs] Galanthus nivallis > >And I am still looking for a Galanthus that will grow in Southern California. >Harold > >At 09:46 PM 1/30/2012, you wrote: >>The late Wayne Roderick once showed me a garden in Orinda, CA, where >>Galanthus elwesii was thoroughly naturalised and even 'escaping' to the >>roadside. As I recall, Orinda is on the very edge of the fog belt. >> >>I think that G. elwesii, with its origins in Mediterranean conditions, would >>be a better bet in the Bay Area than G. nivalis from central Europe. >> >>John Grimshaw >> >>Visit John Grimshaw's Garden Diary >>http://johngrimshawsgardendiary.blogspot.com/ >> >>Dr. John M. Grimshaw >>Sycamore Cottage >>Colesbourne >>Cheltenham >>Gloucestershire >>GL53 9NP >> >>Tel. 01242 870567 >> >>Snowdrops at Colesbourne Park 2012 >>Every Saturday and Sunday in February and 3-4 March from 1pm >>Guided group tours on weekdays by appointment. >> >> >> >> >> Message: 5 >> >> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:01:08 -0800 >> >> From: "Carol Thornton" <carolt@lmi.net> >> >> >> >> Hi All, >> >> I have an Irish friend who now lives in Mountain View and would like to >> >> plant snowdrops next >> >>_______________________________________________ >>pbs mailing list >>pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >>http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >>http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > >