In message <5.2.0.9.2.20090406113501.0165b6e0@mail.mcn.org>, Mary Sue Ittner <msittner@mcn.org> writes >This leads me to ask the question about which genera or species like to be >crowded and which do not. Agapanthus only seem to flower once they've filled their pots to bursting point. Perhaps planting things more densely in pots gives "better drainage" - there are more leaves to get rid of moisture - these days I aim to have many bulb seedlings per pot. -- David Pilling email: david@pilling.demon.co.uk web: http://www.davidpilling.net/ post: David Pilling P.O. Box 22 Thornton Cleveleys Blackpool. FY5 1LR UK fax: +44(0)870-0520-941