Hi All, This post came from Lyn Edwards in Australia. For some reason I can't figure out yet it was received as a bounce so I am sending it for her. Mary Sue Hi, I am enjoying this topic very much, this has become one my very favourite bulbs,I love it in the garden when it is the only bulb flowering and when it is joined by other small early flowering bulbs -Crocus and Eranthis come to mind, this is the middle of summer so I've probably missed some others that grow at the same time too. In my southern hemisphere garden G. reginae olgae usually sends up its flowers in May and is followed by a succession of cultivars and species till early September.Having plants flowering throughout winter is wonderful,on my suburban quarter acre block I shall never have the wonderful swathes of snowdrops we see in English gardening magazines but I am very happy with what I have and add to the collection whenever possible. Most do well and increase here under deciduous Magnolias and weeping Japanese Maples which give shade protection from the fierce summer conditions and with severe water restrictions in force have priority in what watering is allowed. We are fortunate in that Narcissus fly has not reached Canberra yet so the only pests I have to contend with are slugs and snails which don't seem to be a real problem and blackbirds which are, scattering newly planted bulbs and those which have become crowded and near the surface everywhere. As to favourites, thats just about impossible, but I am particularly fond of G.woronowii which is the smallest I have and increases very well and some old favourites such as Magnet and S.Arnott.A newer cultivar, Otto Fauser, is probably my favourite among the larger flowered snowdrops, Lyn Edwards Canberra approx.zone 8 USDA