Hi all, Last year, Fritillaria pallidiflora growing in my woodland garden set lots of seed. I scattered it right around the mother plants. Voila! There are lots of thread-like little seedlings starting to come up right there. Not in the shade, but F. crassifolia kurdica in the rock garden (full sun) is in bloom and has a few new seedlings starting to come up around it. F. acmopetala, also in full sun, has set seed for the past few years, and there are lots of seedlings coming up around the bloom-size plants. Trillium cuneatum (one plant anyway) is in bloom. T. grandiflorum flower buds are starting to show a little bit of white color. The other trilliums are up, mainly, but none in bloom yet. Of course, T. nivale, the tiny Snow Trillium, finished blooming a couple weeks ago. One Arisaema triphyllum and my lone A. kishidae are each sending a spear up. None of the other Arisaema plants has so far ventured above ground. Regards, Jim Shields in central Indiana (USA) ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 or toll-free 1-866-449-3344 in USA