How very timely Rodger. After reading something (probably here) I bought some in 2007 and planted them deeply. 8 inches I think. Their first spring last year the sparrows pecked them out - little beggars always go for the yellow flowers. This year they have just started flowering and three of the six that have come up have FOUR flowers from the single one last year, the others have two or three. I am feeling quite smug. They are growing in full sun, in soil that is pretty well pure sand in Eastern England. We have had several years of unusually wet summers. I have added no feed or manure. To foil the sparrows I have surrounded each with a polycarbonate cylinder made from a fizzy drinks bottle. It's working so far :-) ---- Karen Mountford For many years, I've thought that the problem was that the bulbs were planted too shallowly, and that if planted deeper they wouldn't split up, hence would flower more. -- Rodger Whitlock Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Maritime Zone 8, a cool Mediterranean climate on beautiful Vancouver Island