The Colchicum atropurpureum is slowly increasing in flowers. It is by far the last colchicum left blooming here. The Sternbergia lutea are approaching full bloom now as well. And finally, the 6 Crocus nudiflorus corms I received from Jane in 2004 (Jane, we are going to miss your surplus bulbs badly!) are starting to flower, and seem to have increased to 8. Cr. nudiflorus I've had previously never bloomed and eventually disappeared completely. I was quite surprised and delighted to see the nudiflorus blooming yesterday, as I had completely forgotten about them. Thank you, Jane! Pictures of these flowers will eventually show up in my blog at: http://shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/… Jim Shields in sunny but cool Westfield, Indiana USA ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 or toll-free 1-866-449-3344 in USA