My neighbor does work his soil, so my soil might be poor - but I bought mine from Home Depot, so it might not be a healthy bulb to begin with. I will try again with a better source. Thanks! Jude -----Original Message----- From: bulborum botanicum <bulborum@gmail.com> To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Tue, Apr 12, 2011 3:55 pm Subject: Re: [pbs] Fritillaria - Variegated ? Helo Jude Maybe your soil is to poor Fritillaria imperialis loves a rich soil and many salesman sell bulbs with hart-rot always if you buy bulbs the bulb must be wrapped in tissue otherwise the early appearing roots dry out bulbs must be white at the bottom Roland 2011/4/12 <santoury@aol.com> This weekend, I visited Odyssey Bulbs, here in Massachusetts, and was blown away by his diverse collection. What struck me, especially, were his variegated Fritillarias. I've never seen these before - they are very interesting looking with the yellow edges on the leaves. Anybody else grow these? -- R de Boer La Maugardiere 1 F 27260 EPAIGNES FRANCE Phone./Fax 0033-232-576-204 Email: bulborum@gmail.com _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/