Winter flowers - Snowdrops or Galanthus

I have loved these flowers for many years, long before I ever owned any.

I bought some before I moved to Robertson.
I held them in pots for a couple of years, while I lived in a tin shed, and before my house was built.

Eventually I planted them out.

And then I forgot where they were.

They managed to flower last year, and yet again, I was surprised to "discover them" (all over again).

Sounds like "Gardening with Asbergers" doesn't it?

Galanthus elwesii

But after the passing of the Winter Solstice, I was thrilled to notice these lovely flowers blooming, nearly overgrown, in my garden.

A clump of Snowdrops (Galanthus)
These differ from "Snowflakes"
which are similarly green and white,
winter flowering bulbs.

Hardy, pretty  little things.

They have to be hardy to survive and flower in what passes for a garden in my wilderness.

GALANTHUS 

Galanthus elwesii

"The true snowdrops are perhaps the best of all early flowering bulbs, appearing through the bleakest period of the year and heralding the imminent arrival of a new season. Most are easy but we never have enough of the cultivars and prices may appear steep but they are expensive for us to purchase and acclimatise." Source: Hill View Rare Plants

Galanthus elwesii

Much larger flowered and vigorous species than G. nivalis with greyish leaves that are hooded at the tips. Generally the flower has green markings at both the base and the tip of the inner segment