Dear Arnold, It is very difficult to tell from a distance why bulbs don't perform as well as they should have. Indeed M. macrocarpum can suffer from cold winters, I had frost damage myself once when winter came early and the bulbs hadn't established yet. As yours have been in the ground for three years that might not have been the problem. M. macrocarpum likes full sun in springtime. Maybe your bulbs have been using up the energy stored in the bulbs and they weren't able to make new. Make sure they are in a sunny spot and give them a feeding in the early spring. This probably will give them the energy to flower again. Martin Philippo, Noordwijkerhout, the Netherlands e-mail: martin philippo website:///muscaripages/ -----Original Message----- From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of fagus@yahoo.com Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 3:41 PM To: Pacific Bulb Society Subject: Re: [pbs] Muscari--TOW Martin; Thanks for the wonderful Muscari info. I grow three which I really like Muscarimi, macrocarpum and pallens. The macrocarpum has been dwindling recently in my New Jersey garden. I have it planted in garden soil augmented with grit. It did well for three years but this year has not put on its usual show. This year we had a particularly cold winter. Any suggestion? Arnold New Jersey __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php