Jim asked, Jane, please tell us more about the cultivar of Camassia quamash called >'Puget Blue'. I've had Camassia quamash in several forms over the years, but >it's so short compared to C. leichtlinii that it's harder to place in the >garden. When you described 'Puget Blue' as large, were you describing the >size of the flower of the height of the plant? The context seems to suggest >that you had height in mind. Is that so? How tall is it? It is larger in all its parts. The scapes are 18-24 inches high, and the individual florets more than an inch (2.5 cm) in diameter. The leaves are correspondingly large. Compared with 'Orion' the inflorescence is much larger and denser, and the tepals both broader and of greater substance. However, it's not a cultivar; it's more of a garden strain derived from certain populations of what I presume to be C. quamash var. maxima (the species has five varieties; I think the small cultivars are derived from var. quamash). I grew mine from seed donated to NARGS by a member in the Seattle area years ago. Maybe I can dig some up and put small bulbs on my list this summer. It's definitely worth growing. Jane McGary Northwestern Oregon, USA