Jim Waddick asked about Galanthus fancy in the USA. There has been an interest in these plants in the Pacific Northwest (US and Canada) for some years, and I know of at least half a dozen burgeoning collections. I'm mostly interested in growing species bulbs, so I haven't acquired many cultivars except for hunting out those described as "vigorous increasers," which make such a pretty picture in the garden in January and February. To answer Jim's questionnaire: > What do PBS members (Especially those in >the US) think of this whole thing? I think this is a niche that appeals to "completists" who have a psychological urge to acquire as many of one category of objects as possible. I understand this, because I have an obsession with Fritillaria and, to a lesser extent, Crocus. (Crocus is coming back at me now that I have a rodent-proof place to grow them.) It is pretty easy to grow hundreds of snowdrop varieties in a garden of modest size, like one I visited a couple of weeks ago in Portland. It is not so easy to accommodate a collection of Arts & Crafts Movement jardinieres, I can tell you. > Do any of you buy $20, $50 Galanthus bulbs? I have bought $20 ones from Temple Nursery, but I'd never buy a $50 one, not even G. platyphyllus. > Do you think you might be a Galanthophile ? No. Just a geophytophile. > Is the whole thing totally a fad; >overblown and doomed to obscurity in the US? I think it will be a fading enthusiasn for some people who are drawn to it by the Anglophilia prevalent among American gardeners, but an obscure yet lasting hobby for a few. > What's the most you have ever paid for a single Galanthus bulb? About $25, for a true species. Jane McGary Portland, Oregon, USA