Thank you Mary Sue, Well that blows my theory out of the water, ha ha. And I was so sure! My bulbine is still alive outside, frost didn't get the front rock garden, yet. I will see if I can get better pictures and post them on my site for all to ponder. Another thing to be considered is how different the growing conditions are. Even though we do get the heat in the summer we always cool off at night being this close to the mountains. This must affect the growth somehow. I have done nothing to try to match it's natural growing conditions, mostly because I had no clue what it was. I will label it as bulbine sp. ? possibly glauca for now. Linda Foulis Okotoks, AB