Dear Gene, Check out this post from Diana Chapman from the past about the challenges getting Hesperocallis to come up after the first year. There have been many posts from people who were frustrated trying to grow this bulb in the lists I've participated in since 1997. I can't recall anyone ever saying they got one in cultivation to flower, but if someone has, please speak up. I seem to recall a suggestion of keeping them growing that first year and not letting them grow dormant, but I don't know if that translated into final success. Diana's post, don't be fooled by the subject http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbslist/old.php/… pictures of this plant on the wiki: http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… Mary Sue