Dichelostemma capitatum
Diane Whitehead (Thu, 07 Apr 2005 19:26:36 PDT)

It depends where in southern British Columbia your questioner lives. I
live there, in the rainshadow of the Olympic Mountains, where we get 27
inches of rain a year, and there are native cactus growing on various
small islands. However, a few hours drive away on the west coast of
Vancouver Island, gardeners enjoy frost-free conditions and well over
10 times the rain I get.

I am in Blue Dick country right now, and bought a lot of seeds of
various California wildflowers at Tilden Botanic Garden. I will know
in a few years whether Blue Dicks will grow for me.

Diane Whitehead Victoria, British Columbia, Canada