I grow Eranthis hyemalis, E. cilicica, E. ‘Guinea Gold’ and in the past have had variable, unnamed E. × tubergenii. The variation in bloom time for Eranthis hyemalis discussed in earlier posts in these threads is based on observations of plants of Eranthis hyemalis only. Yes, E. cilicica does bloom much later than typical E. hyemalis. As a garden plant I have found it harder to keep from year to year and it does not seed around for me the way E. hyemalis does. E. cilicica does have the advantages of larger, brighter yellow flowers and usually very handsome purple or bronzy stems. My plants set viable seed, but not as freely as my plants of E. hyemalis. The unnamed E. x tubergenii mentioned above proved to be short-lived here. Some of them had the largest flowers I have ever seen in winter aconite, but they were not really an improvement on either of the parental species because they lacked good form. “Guinea Gold’ as I have it here is bigger than either of the parental species as I know them and has been a good garden plant. And it does bloom after Eranthis hyemalis and before E. cilicica. Eranthis by the way is feminine despite an entry in older editions of the Flora Europaea for Eranthis hyemalis bulgaricus. Note that in some treatments all of the plants mentioned above are treated as forms of E. hyemalis. Jim McKenney jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, 39.03871º North, 77.09829º West, USDA zone 7 My Virtual Maryland Garden http://www.jimmckenney.com/ BLOG! http://mcwort.blogspot.com/ Webmaster Potomac Valley Chapter, NARGS Editor PVC Bulletin http://www.pvcnargs.org/ Webmaster Potomac Lily Society http://www.potomaclilysociety.org/