Dear All, A year ago I bought some Colchicum blooms from Jane McGary. My only other experience with them was that some I planted in the ground never appeared. Since I was not sure that planting them in the ground again would work I tried some in the ground and some in my raised beds where they are planted in pots nestled in pots. I am happy to report that Colchicum x agrippinum bloomed last year and again this year in the raised beds. I saw in spring some foliage from the one I planted out, but it did not look as happy as the ones in the containers. Recently I was thrilled to see that Colchicum speciosum 'Album' was going to bloom. It didn't bloom last year. Mathew describes it as one of the best autumn bulbs for the garden and it is amazing. By the way, the foliage in the pictures is from a Babiana planted in that pot, not from the Colchicum. http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… Just what I need, another genus to want to grow. Mary Sue Mary Sue Ittner California's North Coast Wet mild winters with occasional frost Dry mild summers