In 2009, I took special pains to collect the seed of Anemone caucasica. Sowed this in four 6" bulb pans, a convenient size. Good germination in 2010, first true leaves in 2011, lots of leaves in 2012. In 2011, I planted out two pans of seedlings but kept two back. Those kept back were planted out yesterday, and as the monkey said to the lemur, thereby hangs a tail. After dumping each pot out and pawing through the soil, I found 21 young tubers of A.c. These were perhaps 1/8" diameter (say 3-4mm), reddish in color, and hard to discern in the dark, damp soil. I was a little surprised at how few had apparently survived and wondered if there were some I hadn't spotted. Planted them, spread the potting soil over the planted area, and so to bed. Overnight it rained, a blessing as it saved me having to water in the disturbed soil where I'd planted the young tubers. This afternoon, I went out and as I had suspected, with the rain having washed the potting soil off them I found another 79 tubers. Now we are cooking with gas. Crass observation: just pawing through the soil only led to finding 20% of the young tubers. Moral of the story: if your seedling bulbs are hard to spot, don't depend on pawing through the potting soil looking for them. Dump the potting soil into a container of water, swish it around, wait for coarser matter to settle, then pour off the muddy water; repeat until the water is no longer muddy. Your seedling bulbs will be sitting on top of the remaining, coarser elements in the soil as they are lighter than soil. I'm going to have a great deal of fun planting out this second tranche of seedling tubers. Hopefully next spring will see some flowers. -- Rodger Whitlock Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Z. 7-8, cool Mediterranean climate