Donnie wrote, >First of the bulbs flowering in the Las Vegas, Nevada area. The muilla >coronata are growing in a vacant lot. Half the population was destroyed last >year from construction. Suggestions on how to transplant bulbs. I would >assume after they go dormant I can dig them up? Ill mark them with tent >stakes, there are easily 500+ plants. > >Any suggestions or interests are welcome. Marking the larger patches is a good idea, maybe use something nobody will want to steal, such as a bent wire with a piece of flagging tape. In my garden I am marking bulbs to move with groundcloth staples and yellow plastic tape, and it's starting to look like a crime scene. The bulbs may be VERY deep in the soil, and I suspect your soil gets brick-hard in summer, so digging them will be a real project, but it's certainly worth saving this little-grown species. The genus Muilla is said to have been named as an anagram of "Allium," and is in the Alliaceae. It's found in the southwestern USA and adjacent Mexico. I've tried to grow a couple of species but lost them in winter; however, it gets as cold in Las Vegas as it does in my bulb frames, so I probably should try M. coronata sometime. Jane McGary Northwestern Oregon, USA