Rodger wrote: > surprisingly bad performers: > > 1. Leucojum vernum. I've planted hundreds - In Janis Ruksans book, > there's > a photo of L. vernum growing wild somewhere in eastern Europe; the > site is a dead flat meadow with nary a tree in sight. I never had any success with them either. I realized why when I saw them in flower in the Czech Republic in the kind of situation I would expect to see the bright yellow spathes of our skunk cabbage. Riparian deciduous woodland. The valley had pools of water from melting snow and the adjacent river. The Leucojum didn't require so much water, though, as I saw clumps of the yellow-marked ones flowering in a nearby farmyard - the farmers were enthusiastic gardeners and showed us the stack of photo albums filled with pictures of their flowers. They must have watered them well. Diane Whitehead Victoria, British Columbia, Canada maritime zone 8, cool Mediterranean climate mild rainy winters, mild dry summers