Hello all Living in eastern England, where we have a maritime climate with mediterranean/continental influences, I have been growing dwarf bulbs since 1989. A busy family man, working full time (not with plants), I find bulbs are more tolerant of my erratic garding routine than the alpine plants which I also attempt to grow! I have a large collection of Crocus and also grow many Narcissus, Fritillaria and Iris. I look forward to learning more and hope to be able to contribute occasionally. I do grow and flower Fritillaria pudica, and have raised it to flower from seed. I grow it in pots under cold glass. I too had problems getting it to flower, until I neglected to repot it for two years - then up jumped the yellow flowers. The routine now is to repot every three or four years. In between I remove the compost above the bulbs and replace it each year but I am careful not to disturb the bulbs and the many rice grains around them. The compost I use is roughly 40%loam : 40% sandy grit : 10%peat : 10% Perlite. I allow the pots to dry out completely during the summer. They are kept moist from autumn until early spring. I increase the watering considerably once the shoots appear above ground until the leaves begin to yellow. Hope this helps. Tony Goode. Norwich UK Mintemp -8C http://www.thealpinehouse.fsnet.co.uk/