Thanks Chuck. And a lovely plant it is. Have had it in a container so far, as I wanted to make sure that whatever it was, it wouldn't become invasive, but now can put it in the garden. Zoning is about the same as yours, 9, slightly overlapping into 10. Flowering now, since early this month, so end of the winter. Ina, Auckland New Zealand No. Your bulbs are truly Tulbaghia simmleri. I have another couple of species without any garlic smell. For me T/ simmleri is a winter bloomer chuck Schwartz Oceanside, CA zone 9b ---- Ina <klazina@orcon.net.nz> wrote: > > Oh dear. They have no garlic of onion smell at all. In that case, what > > are the bulbs? The leaves are waxy as are the flowers, with a lovely > > scent. Do all Tulbaghia have the garlic or onion smell?? > > > > Ina :-( > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4361 (20090823) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com/