I don't have all the species that Diane mentioned were shown on Audrey's website -- I'm missing caeruleus, chihuahuensis, dunnii, flexuosus, macrocarpus, minimus, panamintensis, and umbellatus of those cited. I do have a few not mentioned on the previous list. I have never managed to germinate seed of C. macrocarpus, even what I collected myself in the wild, so I drive over the mountains and enjoy it in the wild. Most were grown from seed from private collectors' lists, especially Ron Ratko's Northwest Native Seeds and the Archibands' seed. I plant the seed as early as I can and bring it into a frost-free plant room when it germinates. Usually I pot the seedlings on the first summer, though this is sometimes not recommended. Last spring, Ron Ratko kindly sent me some seed of previous years that he thought was "past its pull date," and I held it until fall, then planted it; some is germinating very well and I suspect it all will eventually. I've tried a few species in the open garden, but they all either got eaten by rodents or dwindled away, I assume because of wet cold conditions. Now they are all in the bulb frames, where they flower regularly and set plenty of seed (see the NARGS Seed Exchange for a good sampling this year). I have placed some C. uniflorus, the closest to a native species, in the rock garden this fall where I hope the voles won't penetrate. C. subalpinus grows quite near here, too, but at a much higher elevation where it is under snow all winter. I think I put some C. albus out too, or if not will do so next summer. C. tolmiei has struggled through a couple of winters but eventually disappeared. I'm pretty sure the problem is not temperature but excessive moisture in early winter. Once they start blooming, they seem to do so every year. I think that at least some of them do not want to be dried out really severely in summer. For example, C. amoenus, a two-tone rose-pink that is one of my favorites, responded very well after being repotted into soil that was, I thought, much too moist owing to a wet July. As for time to flowering, I think the average is four years, but some have taken six here. You can gain a year, once you have stock, by propagating the little stem bulbils formed by many species; when removing dried stems, examine them carefully near the base to make sure you're not throwing these away. Jane McGary Northwest Oregon, USA