Hi all, I have Romulea tabularis in bloom, a tiny, light blue flower 3/8 to 1/2 inch across (9 to 12 mm). It self-seeds profusely. It is from South Africa and is one Romulea that blooms reliably in the greenhouse. R. sabulosa has trouble surviving in a pot and is of course not freeze-hardy. The flowers would only open in full, bright sunshine, which is a scarce commodity here in winter. My last pot of this one seems to have died, which is too bad. Overall, a big disappointment in pot culture here. Most of the South African Romuleas I've tried from seed have not lived to bloom. I've had better luck with some of the Mediterranean Romulea species: R. tempeskyana (corms from Potterton & Martin) bloomed and has more buds coming along. It's a nice large blue flower (>1" across). R. bulbocodium (ex NARGS seeds) bloomed and produced a few self seeds. Small yellow flower (<1"). R. crocea (ex NARGS wild collected seeds) is growing very slowly for me so far. I'd like to find a Romulea that would bloom late enough and was hardy enough to grow outdoors here in the rock garden. Anyone have any ideas? Jim Shields in central Indiana At 02:20 PM 2/27/03 +0100, Lauw wrote: >Mary Sue Ittner a *crit : > Also blooming for the first time is a small bright pink flower that was > > supposed to be Romulea monticola and is probably Romulea rosea and will > not be kept. > >Dear Mary Sue and All, >Don't throw it out too quickly. If it is in flower now, it is probably >not R rosea, which flowers much later (end of April - end of Mai) >(I hope that you eliminated my superfluous Romulea images in the Wiki?) >Kind regards > >Lauw de Jager >BULB'ARGENCE, 30300 Fourques, France >Site: http://www.bulbargence.com/ ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Tel. +1-317-896-3925 Member of INTERNATIONAL CLIVIA CO-OP