Dear Jane, there are few really early selections of nivalis such as 'Ermine Street' in England which flower before the main welter of the species. It may be a selection of reginae-olgae ssp. vernalis though. This is often a mid-winter flowering plant. Kind regards, Mark " In the garden a few snowdrops are in bud. Recently I was given a > snowdrop that Norm Kalbfleisch, who lives nearby, found in a > neighbor's garden. It always is in flower by Christmas and is a > robust plant. It keys out to Galanthus nivalis, other varieties of > which flower later in this area. Do our galanthophile correspondents > have other G. nivalis forms that are especially early? Jane McGary" _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/