Jim wrote, >It might be worthwhile to re-do these crosses using the white-flowered >Colchicum 'Innocence' aka 'byzantinum album' instead of Colchicum speciosum >'Album'. However, 'Innocence' (thanks, Jim, for the correct name) does not always stay pure white -- it flushes pink in cool weather. C. speciosum 'Album', however, never develops any pink coloration. 'Innocence' has a short floral tube so it won't fall over in rainy weather, but I find C. s. 'Album' is better planted among something else that holds it up. I have seen (and published) a lovely photo of it naturalized in rough grass. Jane McGary Northwestern Oregon, USA