Does yours set seed? If it does, it is not the one on the "great circle". Ina Ina Crossley Auckland New Zealand Zone 10 On 5/04/2013 7:56 p.m., Shmuel Silinsky wrote: > Am I mistaken? Sternbergia lutea here is an autumn bloomer. It is native > herein Israel and I will be on the lookout for seed. I wonder if the ones > I planted are actually from native stock or if they made the "great circle > route" and are imported by the nursery trade from Holland? > > Shmuel Silinsky > Jerusalem Israel > zone 9, winter rain - dry summer