Dear All, From BX 4 I got seeds from Tom Glavich of two things I had no knowledge of and weren't even in any of my books. It must have been Tom's interesting description of them. Tom's description: Albuca circinata is seed from plants originally from Silverhill (2000 catalog). These are wonderful albucas, The leaves are about 8 inches long, straight and narrow, and then make a single 1/2 loop at the end. Typical albuca flowers, white and green. I grow it for the leaves. Not realizing this was a summer rainfall species that should be started in spring I sowed seed in October 2002. This year they bloomed (March) so less than two years from seed. I didn't water them enough this summer and they went dormant even though Tom had said they were evergreen. I repotted them recently and now spirally leaves are appearing. The leaves don't stay that way during periods of good rainfall unfortunately. I'd describe mine as more yellowish than white. I seem to have converted this one to a Mediterranean cycle. Does anyone know anything about where it comes from (location, habitat information.)? http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… Tom's description: Bulbine alooides is a fat leaved Bulbine, grown from seed distributed by the Haworthia Society several years ago. I have the details if anyone needs them. Easy to grow, winter (spring) grower, dies back quite a bit about this time of year. Great yellow Bulbine flowers, stays small, about 4 inch leaves with 12 inch flower stalks. I sowed seed in October 2002 and I think it might have bloomed the first year, but I didn't make a note of it and I am sure it bloomed this spring so at the very least it was less than two years from seed: http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… Thanks Tom. Mary Sue