Mary Sue wrote, Jane could you explain again what Scilla scilloides is supposed to do? I am thoroughly confused about when to water it and I think you once wrote it blooms in fall. Mine haven't bloomed yet and the leaves are present at weird times. I don't know what it is SUPPOSED to do, but what it does here is grow anywhere I put it, whether it gets water in summer or not, and flowers usually in late August to September. The leaves seem to grow twice -- once in the fall and once in the spring. I have had it for many years (like many other American gardeners, I bought it under the mistaken name "S. numidica," which is a real name of a very rare plant). I don't think anything really fazes this bulb. Jane McGary