At my gf's place, there are snowdrops coming up everywhere and her yard has very heavy clay soil. I wouldn't worry about it. On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 1:48 AM, Paul T. <ptyerman@ozemail.com.au> wrote: > At 03:54 PM 22/01/2010, you wrote: > > >Do snowdrops of any variety have a chance here in the midwest clay? > > Anita, > > Do you amend your soil at all with compost, sand etc? Here in > Canberra we are a clay soil to start with, with by building up > organic matter (compost, mulch etc) and adding sand for drainage we > make the soil far from it's normal "concrete" (i.e when it dries it > sets like concrete) clay consistency that we have here naturally. If > you do the same you shouldn't have any problems with growing > anything. With the right amendments I can grow from acid loving to > alkaline loving plants, good to poor drainage requirements etc. It > is all in the preparation! <grin> > > And Galanthus are SO worth growing!! My collection of 50 or so > different varieties is nothing in the greater scheme of things, but I > get a great deal of enjoyment out of them every year. Between > everything from the autumn flowering species (G. reginae-olgae and G. > peshmenii start here in early April) through to the very latest > varieties (that finish flowering September/early October) we get > close to 6 months in total of having snowdrops in flower, although > obviously only a few at either end and lots more in the middle. Such > a very cool plant to have growing here, and one I much look forward > to at the present time when we're getting temps of around 38'C > today. Bring on autumn!! LOL > > Good luck. > > Cheers. > > Paul T. > Canberra, Australia - USDA Zone Equivalent approx. 8/9 > > Growing an eclectic collection of plants from all over the world > including Aroids, Crocus, Cyclamen, Erythroniums, Fritillarias, > Galanthus, Irises, Trilliums (to name but a few) and just about > anything else that doesn't move!! > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >