Dear Friends, I was recently reading about the 'Giant Snow Drop' a rather vague and mostly commercial term applied to a variety of sp and cv in the past. Most often this refers to G elwesii and was sold by the now defunct 'Giant SnowDrop Company' Most people look at snow drops as tiny plants under 6 inches with tiny flowers, It got me thinking, so armed with a ruler I went in search. My tallest flower stalk at full bloom tops out at 11 inches with a spread of exactly 2 in. Although most stalks are in the 10 in range, the flower size is typical. Following flowering the stalks can extend further as much as an inch or more. This is not a tiny dainty plant. This is on the plant distributed as 'Mighty Atom' - Not. Close, but no cigar. In the garden we simply call it M. A. N. and with dozens in flower it is very impressive. We do grow many more Galanthus that are half that size-even less, but MAN is a substantial addition to to the spring garden. So how big is yours? Any one grow bigger snow drops? Just how big can Snow Drops get. And for the record I am not comparing these to Leucojum aka Snow Flakes and Snow Drops. CAn anyone beat this size? Best Jim W. -- Dr. James W. Waddick 8871 NW Brostrom Rd. Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711 USA Ph. 816-746-1949 Zone 5 Record low -23F Summer 100F +