To Diane Whitehead -- I do not know if "Audrey" is a member of PBS, but I took a look at the website you suggested. The "home page" address is actually -- <http//http://www.bulbweb.co/uk/> I had trouble accessing the database after looking at the first two pictures - don't know what went wrong. Her brief remarks on methods for growing from seed seem straightforward and with reasonable hope of success for the two species I was able to access -- C. westoni and C. weedii (var. weedii). Diane, I can assure you there are folks in BC - further north than you - successfully growing Calochortus, because the Robinett Bulb Farm always had customers for both bulbs and seed from there. If you are quite interested in Calochortus, you may want to sign up for our quarterly newsletter MARIPOSA, now mid-way through its 14th volume-year. It's available through me, G. B. Robinett, at P. O. Box 1993, Brookings, OR 97415. The sub price is US$ 13 a year for airmail to Canada and overseas (US$10 a year in the US), for four issues (appearing July, October, January, and April). All subscriptions are for a full volume year (to keep management of the subscription list easy). Each issue usually features a single species, with a full page of color photographs; and there is an annual seed exchange. From time to time there are special articles on cultivation and other topics. The most useful for you would probably be the article by Diana Chapman (of Telos Rare Bulbs) published last year on the success she has enjoyed with some of the more difficult species, growing in the Eureka, CA area. All back issues are available. If you decide to subscribe, please ask for a list of back issues and what species each covers. ----------- Georgie Robinett --