Hi > There are some from summer rainfall areas and I suppose they > could have hybridized some, but my guess would be that since you are in a > cold climate and most Lachenalias mush in the cold these have been held to > plant at the wrong time. Jamie is seeing the same thing as here in the UK. Lachenalias appear in the general garden centres as dry bulbs after the Christmas display changeover, and some are still on sale, although the better GC's sell them with the spring bulbs in the autumn. As growing flowering plants I expect to see then on sale as soon as sheltered outside display allows, say a few weeks time, although the long term forecast is for some frosts in late May so watch this space. Last year they reappeared several times in the garden centres so they (the Dutch) must be batching them to prolong sales. I grow a dozen or more Lachenalias, mainly from Kirstenbosch or Nargs seed but some bought in. All for me under frost free conditions start into growth in the late autumn and are going over now, especially as we hit nearly 33C in the greenhouse and on the south facing paving yesterday, and dormancy has very much started. Note Sunday forecast is about 10C with rain and maybe snow on the hills, but the rain will be very welcome. My rainwater winter store of ~160 gallons(UK) is already >50% depleted due to the dry weather. I can imagine species such as L. bulbifera becoming real weeds under ideal conditions, with seeds and the numerous bulbils each bulbs produces to increase them, much like allium triquetrum and allium unifolium in a garden near me. Has anyone killed these last 2 with weed killers? It may be the only way out. One patch I thought I cleared last spring is now greener than the lawn, even though I removed all the flower heads alongside. Brian Whyer, zone 8'ish, Buckinghamshire, UK (Very much trillium season now, and camassia starting)