>It is a 'bit' of a thug. I have dug and moved pieces of it a >few times and it is always there where it was dug from remaining >bits. Two other plants do that for me: Erythronium dens-canis and Dicentra spectabilis, neither of which I would consider a bit thuggish. Brazen Hussy is spreading more than the above two, though. I bought one from Avon in 1989, and it now is a big patch one metre square. -- Diane Whitehead Victoria, British Columbia, Canada maritime zone 8 cool mediterranean climate (dry summer, rainy winter - 68 cm annually) sandy soil