I can't answer John Lonsdale's query about the hardiness of Galanthus peshmenii. However, I'll give in to temptation and make some comments about the hardiness of Galanthus reginae-olgae. Although I know of several growers here in the greater Washington, D.C. area who have successfully established this species as a garden plant in recent years, I grow my current accessions in a cold frame. Several acquisitions of this species in the mid '80s proved to be impermanent outside. Impermanent as in "did not survive the winter". When my current stocks bulk up, I'll try some in the garden - but keep some reserved for cold frame culture. I also grow Hyacinthoides vincentina (aka Scilla vincentina and a few other combinations). This, too, for now is in a cold frame, so I'll be as interested as John in any comments about its hardiness. Jim McKenney jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, USDA zone 7, where we'll soon be cactus country if we don't get some rain. My Virtual Maryland Garden http://www.jimmckenney.com/ BLOG! http://mcwort.blogspot.com/ Webmaster Potomac Valley Chapter, NARGS Editor PVC Bulletin http://www.pvcnargs.org/ Webmaster Potomac Lily Society http://www.potomaclilysociety.org/