Robin, I was given a start by fellow NARGS member Louise Parsons long ago. I have some other unnamed Galanthus from several sources, and 'Theresa Stone' is always the earliest by a good margin. I checked a few minutes ago and it has stems up and will probably bloom before New Year's Day. Since it is 75 F (24 C) here (NW Arkansas, US) on December 26 and our region has been setting daily high records off and on all this month, that's not typical even for 'Theresa Stone'. But even back when we had real winters, I can recall it being in flower on January 25 with snow on the ground, the only thing in the yard in bloom. I agree it's very slow to offset. After at least 20 years, probably more, my clump is still around 20-25 cm across. I thought maybe I had sited it poorly, even though it flowers reliably, but if it's that slow for you too ... I've also seen it referred to as a G. elwesii cultivar, but I'm not knowledgeable enough on Galanthus to have an opinion. Steve On 12/26/2021 11:34 AM, R Hansen via pbs wrote: > Yesterday, as I slipped and slid and tried hard not to fall on my tutu, I > realized Galanthus Theresa Stone was blooming. I'd always thought it was > your basic snowdrop, just an earlier blooming and much slower reproducing > one. Today as I googled this snowdrop, I saw it referred to as G. elwesii. > Mine came from a garden in Corvallis, Oregon and I repeat, it is incredibly > slow at reproducing. > > However, it is by far my earliest snowdrop, reliably so. Is anyone else > growing it, and if so, do they agree that it's a selection of G. elwesii? > > Robin Hansen > > Southwestern Oregon > > Very mushy snow on the ground, so yes, we had a white Christmas, _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>