Jim Waddick asked about this new cultivar. One bulb given me by Wim de Goede 3 years ago increased very well, and I offered it as a "bonus" on orders this year. I cannot sell it because it is under Grower's Rights in the Netherlands. 'Jessie' is indeed a remarkable color, a real gentian blue, very like the color of Commelina dianthifolia. It is a small plant, about half the size of the Ipheion uniflorum cultivars more widely grown. It was selected by Tony Hall of Kew and named for his late sister, Jessie. I don't know how cold-hardy this plant is, since I grow it in an unheated frame where the temperature never goes below about 20 degrees F. However, it is really pretty. Jane McGary Northwestern Oregon, USA