Mary Sue said, " Cynthia, perhaps you should save yourself the effort and leave yours in the ground this year and report back what happens the following year." I did leave my Scilla peruviana in the ground for 2-3 years, but then took it up for the last several years. When in the ground it skipped a season or two, hasn't done this since it was baked in the garage. One year it sat on a cardboard beerbox lid in a closet in the house - so that it would not get too hot - and flowered the next season. I was trying to see what might kill off the stimulus for flower stalks to form - too much heat, or too much dryness. My main bulb is made up of what I suppose are individual offsets fused together into a mass the size of a dinner plate. Alberto was commenting that the roots should be permanent on this species, and having to make them over again is a lot of unnecessary work for the plant. Roots are still there when I take the plants up, then dry up while they are resting. I'll report back next year! Cynthia Mueller College Station, TX Zone 8b-9