Diane Whitehead wrote, >Some bulbs will never make the fast bloom category as they don't >germinate fast. >I have two that have just germinated: >>Allium narcissiflorum from seed collected in the Dolomites, sown January 1999 >Colchicum pusillum from Alpine Garden Society seed sown February 2000. Diane, if that Allium narcissiflorum ever flowers, let me know how you did it. I have been growing it for years with never a flower, and I've tried everything I can think of to make it happy. As for Colchicum pusillum, I grew it from seed and it flowered in three or four years, but it was definitely underwhelming. The epithet "pusillum" can be translated "wimpy," (for British readers, that's American for 'small and weak', not 'hamburger sandwich'), and this is definitely for collectors only! Jane McGary NW Oregon