Dear Linda, I can imagine, clones of G. nivalis may differ in hardiness. Old "Flora Pleno" is hardy in my zone 6. My neighbours have a probably sterile single clone forming large clumps that have to be many years old. This species grows also wild in Poland. Certainly, deep frozen ground is not a problem for this species, though there may be a limit of temperature the bulb would survive. A lot depends on the snow cover you have in your part of Canada. If you have stable snow cover and it is reasonably thick (when you confront it with minimum temperatures) - G. nivalis should survive winter. In my unstable winter climate G. nivalis have one very important feature - it starts vegetation LATE thus late severe frosts do not hit the leaves over the ground - what is the case in many other snowdrop species (woronowii, elwesii). Two or three suggestions: 1. You may try very deep planting - 20 cm deep (may be more) should not be a problem for this tiny bulb 2. Plant as early as possible 3. My observation is that though snowdrops bulbs survive "dry shipment" it takes several years for them to regenerate. My suggestion is to buy them growing in pots, wait until dormant and plant deep enough. Jacek, Poland, zone 6 Dnia 29-04-2012 o godz. 18:03 Linda Foulis napisał(a): > What is the hardiest Galanthus and to what zone? > > I had put in Galanthus nivalis last fall however it appears they did not > survive, even though we had an extremely mild winter. Could they be grown > in a pot that was over-wintered in a cold garage? > > Linda Foulis > Red Deer, AB > Zone 3 > > The crocus are finally up but still no blooms on anything. > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/