Mark Smyth asked me about colchicums, >I though it was you but couldnt remember. Where did you get yours? I'm >trying to build a collection of the small ones to put into troughs. I bought a few of the small species from nurseries such as Potterton's and Monocot in ENgland, and from Antoine Hoog in the Netherlands. I think Paul Christian has them sometimes, too. Many of them, however, I grew from seed, either from exchanges or purchased from Jim and Jenny Archibald. It takes the smaller species about 3 to 4 years to flower from seed, and germination can be delayed and erratic. I hope to write an article in the Rock Garden Quarterly about trough-sized colchicums, but I cannot get current information on the nomenclature, which as I understand it is very much in flux at present. Jane McGary Northwestern Oregon