Jane McGary, in response to my question about seeding populations of Sternbergia lutea, wrote: "Certainly there are. I saw broad-leaved forms of S. lutea in both Greece and Turkey this fall, and they were very obviously seeding populations, with individual plants spread over large expanses of rocky ground on grassy slopes and in olive groves, as well as among undisturbed scrub." Thanks, Jane. That answers part of the question. Sternbergia lutea has been grown in eastern North America for over two hundred years. It blooms early enough in the autumn (often technically in latest summer) to allow pollination and to give any incipient seed two months of relatively clement weather to begin ripening. In all my years of gardening I've had this plant from numerous sources, including Virginia country gardens (in the hope that someone still grows plants descended from those grown by Thomas Jefferson). Yet I have never known plants in this garden to set seed. Nor have I ever heard of it setting seed in other gardens. Has anyone known plants obtained through the nursery bulb trade (as opposed to collected plants) to set seed? For that matter, has anyone known collected plants to set seed? Jim McKenney jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, USDA zone 7 My Virtual Maryland Garden http://www.jimmckenney.com/ Webmaster Potomac Valley Chapter, NARGS Editor PVC Bulletin http://www.pvcnargs.org/ Webmaster Potomac Lily Society http://www.potomaclilysociety.org/