> I have one plant of Dracunculus vulgaris, which has the white markings > on the leaves, and is around five feet tall in bloom. I have several > other plants that are half the size, and don't have the white markings, > but otherwise look exactly like the vulgaris, except that they bloom > about a month earlier. Does anybody know what they are? Gene, I have a similar distribution of flowering times here, also plants with the white flecked leaves and those with plain green leaves. They are all D. vulgaris - this seems to be the natural variation. I don't know the provenance of any of mine that I have flowered so far, but I have offsets of one with a white spathe from Crete and also seedlings from Cretan plants with white spathes that I just planted out today - they are two years from seed and have corms around the size of a large marble. I await their flowering with high hope and expectations. Best, John John T Lonsdale PhD 407 Edgewood Drive, Exton, Pennsylvania 19341, USA Home: 610 594 9232 Cell: 484 678 9856 Fax: 315 571 9232 Visit "Edgewood" - The Lonsdale Garden at http://www.edgewoodgardens.net/ USDA Zone 6b