Dear all, Maybe some of the rest of you who grow this can comment about dormancy for their plants. Mine are only briefly dormant. The picture I put on the wiki was taken in August last year when I was dividing some dormant plants to share with someone. You can see the shoot. It was already starting back into growth. For me this happens from August to September most years. I don't know if it would be dormant longer in a place with a hotter summer. It has bloomed as early as February too. Usually it is a spring bloomer. I've given seeds to the BX three times. Let's hear from some of the other people who grow this about dormancy. By the way it is not long from seed to bloom compared to some things. The first time I tried it I didn't get seed until late January. It germinated in early March and bloomed two springs later. Subsequently I have started seed in the fall but I don't have a record of when those plants bloomed. Mary Sue