I haven't seen the Crocosmia selections from the Lily Garden that Jim Waddick mentioned in his post, but this spring I bought half a dozen kinds from Far Reaches Farm, a nursery also in Washington state. (Don't miss their website -- they do mail order.) They were well-grown plants almost bursting out of half-gallons, so they're now producing plenty of flowering stems. So far in flower are 'Ember Glow', which is much like 'Lucifer' but shorter and with darker leaves; 'Severn Sunset," which is bright orange with rather tubular flowers, good for cutting; and 'Star of the East', medium orange with widely opened flowers. Several kinds have the darker leaves that make a nice contrast and they'll also be a good addition to flower arrangements. In my former garden at a higher elevation I couldn't grow many Crocosmia hybrids. Only 'Lucifer' was reliably winter-hardy (on my new home's road, there's one front garden with an absolute hedge of it). Now, however, I hope to try a lot of them, because they attract hummingbirds and provide plenty of cutflower material, as well as foliage contrast in the little perennial-plus-annual cutting garden I'm developing. Jane McGary Portland, Oregon, USA