Interesting...I've got a dozen or so here in numerous locations. The first began blooming a week or two ago and is now finished, the others are coming along with one open today. ALL are going to bloom... So far none has been unpleasantly scented--and I planted them AWAY from the house just in case! On Jun 8, 2009, at 5:32 PM, James Waddick wrote: > Dear Friends, > This has been a banner year for Dracunculus with a succession > of 7 flowers over a week plus. > > Although I have grown it for years, it is still often listed > as too tender for my location. Mine rarely get over 3 ft and a few > seedlings giving their first bloom were mini-sized at a foot or so > with tiny spathes. > > In Crete there are populations with white / cream/ yellow > spathes that are very lovely, but still stinky. > Under prime conditions it can reach to 7 ft in height. I > suppose with a proportionately large , proportionally stinky flower. > And finally there are some variants with well marked silvery > 'chevrons' on the leaflets and others with plain green leaves. > > Definitely a plant worth trying in hot, dry as well as moist, > shady sites. Readily available and modestly priced. > > Best Jim W. > -- > Dr. James W. Waddick > 8871 NW Brostrom Rd. > Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711 > USA > Ph. 816-746-1949 > Zone 5 Record low -23F > Summer 100F + > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > Carlo A. Balistrieri, Executive Director The Gardens at Turtle Point Tuxedo Park, NY 845.351.2849 Zone 6 visit: http://www.botanicalgardening.com/ and its BGBlog coming soon: Carlo Balistrieri Photography