Hi Dennis, Jim W., and all, Remember that many plants are self-sterile. You need to be sure you have several non-clonal individuals to get seeds. If all your bulbs of a given species came from one of the Dutch mass-marketers, they are probably all from one clone. One good way to get seed is to grow from seeds; try the NARGS seed exchange, etc. Scrounge or beg fresh seeds from your friends, etc. I have had a few dwarf tulips self-seed in the distant past. You need at least two different clones of the same species for this to happen. And you also need rather a lot of luck! Chionodoxa luciliae and Scilla sibirica self-seed all over the place. A couple of my Corydalis seem to be self-seeding, like C. solida (probably 'Beth Evans' x 'George P. Baker') I helped my Fritillaria along by scattering the seeds and scratching a bit of dirt around or over them. And finally, you can't be a neatness-freak and expect to see any seedlings volunteering. Let seed heads stay on the plants till fully ripe and until after the seeds have scattered. (This comes naturally to me; I'm lazy.) Jim Shields in central Indiana At 09:59 AM 4/15/2005 -0400, you wrote: >Absolutely NONE here in Ohio for me.... I try to get seed by hand >pollinating and that frequently comes up fruitless. Self-seeding is a >problem I've never encountered with bulbs! > >Dennis in Cincy > >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php ************************************************* 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