Out of what came to me labelled as 'White Splendor' a few bulbs survived in my lawn for several years. I eventually moved the survivors to my woodland garden, where they still seem to be thriving. And, it looks as if they have seeded around a bit! I did not pay strict attention to them, but I could check more carefully this year. Of course, they may not have been the clone 'White Splendor or at least one of them may not have been. Jim Shields in sunny but cool central Indiana, USA, where it might be spring. At 12:13 PM 4/17/2009 +0100, you wrote: >Does 'White Splendour' ever set seed? I have never seen a seedling of it in >over 25 years. Nor, though it's grown here adjacent to long-naturalised >(i.e. at least 90 yrs) normal blue A. blanda, have I seen an evident 'son' >such as Ellen describes. >..... >John Grimshaw ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 or toll-free 1-866-449-3344 in USA