Judy et al There is another free-flowering clone of Tulipa sylvestris ( ssp. sylvestris ) called ' Grooteboek ' , found in a churchyard in Grootebroek, Holland in 1965, according to the Hoog and Dix catalog of 1996. It increases, but stays in a neat clump. I'll have to check to see if it produces short stolons or none at all later today. It is one of the most graceful and elegant of the wild tulips, and its fragrance is lovely too. The leaves do not seem quite so vulnerable to weather damage and consequent botrytis infection as many of the earlier flowering species. Another varient of T sylvestris that I haven't seen mentioned this year is the plant called T primulina. The flowers are white, flushed a bit with pink without, and very lovely to my eyes. It increases but slowly, alas. I think, but I'm not sure, that it is fragrant. Jerry John Flintoff Vashon Island,Washington,USA Zone 8