In the Chicago area we struggle with all of the Hyacinthoides taxa. They survive for a few years (if we are lucky) and then disappear. Boyce Tankersley Director of Living Plant Documentation Chicago Botanic Garden 1000 Lake Cook Road Glencoe, IL 60022 tel: 847-835-6841 fax: 847-835-1635 email: btankers@chicagobotanic.org