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Author Message   Seil  Supporting Member My Garden Journal My Weather My Time Posted on Friday, April 04, 2008 - 11:42 am EST :    I'm in love with all the snowdrop pictures and would like to get some. I see in most of the pictures they are growing in forested areas. Do they prefer shade? If so I have the perfect spot form them. Seil - Michigan, Zone "6"   Galanthophile  Supporting Member My Favorite Photo My Garden Posted on Friday, April 04, 2008 - 01:14 pm EST :    Most snowdrops in the wild occur naturally in woodland areas so you should succeed with them. I grow mine in the garden in sun and shade and they do well in both. Give them a go and you will be rewarded for sure. When you buy them if you can get them while they are growing and not as dried out bulbs in packets. Good luck! Galanthophile - Ann (Northern England), Zone "8"   Terryk  Supporting Member My Weather My Garden My Time Posted on Friday, April 04, 2008 - 08:46 pm EST :    Seil I have mine in my front bed and right now they are getting sun. As the season progresses the perennials shade them. I bought some from Van Engelen (I think) not "in the green" and they are doing well. I think I posted one other time, Hitch Lyman in NY is the only one I know who sells "in the green" as Ann mentioned. You have to write for his catalog and they are not cheap. If your interested, pm me and I'll send you his address. When I was over to England this February, the were for sale everywhere "in the green". And the selection was far better than we'll ever see. Terryk - NY, Zone "6"   Gardenfiend  Supporting Member My Weather My Garden Posted on Saturday, April 05, 2008 - 02:38 am EST :    When you morph into a galanthophile you'll probably want to buy "in the green". For normal G. nivalis or elwesii you can buy inexpensive bulbs in autumn. I think they should be planted where they will get some sun in spring but not bake in the summer. Under deciduous trees is the obvious answer (they look lovely under Hazel bushes), but you really can grow them in most situations. Gardenfiend - Germany, Zone "7a"   Seil  Supporting Member My Garden Journal My Weather My Time Posted on Saturday, April 05, 2008 - 07:25 pm EST :    Thank you all so much. I doubt I can find any "in the green" but I have seen them offered in a few of my catalogues. Probably just very common varieties but good to start with. The place I was thinking of is very bright but doesn't get any direct sun accept for very late in the day. Maybe I'll try a few in different areas and see what does best. Two more questions, are they like most bulbs where you have to leave the leaves until they turn brown and do they multiply on their own? Seil - Michigan, Zone "6"   Garden_spider  Posted on Saturday, April 05, 2008 - 08:05 pm EST :    My experience is with Galanthus nivalis. I've always bought bulbs (mostly Brent & Becky's and John Scheepers), and they grow very well. Here in the Pacific Northwest, with out mild winters and summers, they can take full sun. I have mine under a Japanese Maple, and they are naturalizing, but slowly. I may try some out in the open, in full sun, and see if they naturalize faster. Garden_spider - Washington, Zone "USDA z7"   Terryk  Supporting Member My Weather My Garden My Time Posted on Sunday, April 06, 2008 - 07:46 am EST :    Seil, yes they are bulbs and if you want to try to get them to multiply faster, there is always some interesting methods of doing this, one being twin scaling. Here is a UK website that lists how to do it, I have not tried it yet, but I do have some seed that germinated and I am trying to get them to grow on. Be warned, you will see so many beautiful snowdrops in the other section of this website but they do not ship to US. http://www.judyssnowdrops.co.uk/Propagation/propagation.htm Terryk - NY, Zone "6"   Galanthophile  Supporting Member My Favorite Photo My Garden Posted on Sunday, April 06, 2008 - 10:03 am EST :    You should leave the leaves on until they die down naturally like most bulbs and yes they should multiply themselves. They can be divided and replanted when they get too congested. Galanthophile - Ann (Northern England), Zone "8"   Seil  Supporting Member My Garden Journal My Weather My Time Posted on Sunday, April 06, 2008 - 08:07 pm EST :    Thanks, Barbara, I think I get Brent and Becky's too. I'll check it out. Terry, I think that may be a little more than I want to get into. But you were right, I did want them all! Thanks, Ann, that's more my speed. Seil - Michigan, Zone "6"

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