I have grown Galanthus woronowii for decades, a passalong plant here, which has never set seed. A couple of years ago small pots of woronowii in flower appeared on the plant stands outside my grocery store. I stood outside in chilly January, scrutinizing every pot, as they were either seedlings, or wild-collected, and they all varied. I planted my choices near my original colony so that bees could pollinate them all easily. This year I noticed only one of the new plants. I read in Snowdrops (Bishop, Davis and Grimshaw) that wild-collected bulbs are not often good garden plants, and this unfortunately seems to be true for me. However, today I was out doing my yearly routine of digging out Spanish bluebells - great clumps of bulbs everywhere, even though I dug them out last year, and the year before that, back into history. Suddenly I realized that I was digging in the area that I had planted the new snowdrops. That explains why they didn't do well in my garden. They must have been dug out with the bluebells last year and thrown on the compost. I will have to look for and mark bluebell-free areas so I can have safe places to grow new bulbs. Diane Whitehead Victoria, British Columbia, Canada maritime zone 8, cool Mediterranean climate mild rainy winters, mild dry summers