Thanks, Mark. That's just the sort of response I was hoping for. Funny you should mention Lapeirousia or Geissorhiza: only last night I was looking at a price list and was eying the Geissorhiza. I used to think it was a case of so many plants, so little time; I'm beginning to realize that it's really a matter of so little room. Jim McKenney jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, USDA zone 7, where I just counted over fifty clumps of garden hellebores in bloom; many of these are home grown from seed, and some of these have not been disturbed in over thirty years and are full of bloom. My Virtual Maryland Garden http://www.jimmckenney.com/ Webmaster Potomac Valley Chapter, NARGS Editor PVC Bulletin http://www.pvcnargs.org/ Webmaster Potomac Lily Society http://www.potomaclilysociety.org/