Roger wrote: "As do the Pennsylvania Dutch farmers. I've read that they grow a clump of C. nudiflorus by the back entrance to the house .." I can't vouch for Roger's claim about the Pennsylvania Dutch growing Crocus nudiflorus, but I do know that they are now growing C. sativus commercially and evidently successfully. Jim McKenney jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, 39.03871º North, 77.09829º West, USDA zone 7 My Virtual Maryland Garden http://www.jimmckenney.com/ <http://www.jimmckenney.com/> BLOG! http://mcwort.blogspot.com/ Webmaster Potomac Valley Chapter, NARGS Editor PVC Bulletin http://www.pvcnargs.org/ <http://www.pvcnargs.org/> Webmaster Potomac Lily Society http://www.potomaclilysociety.org/ <http://www.potomaclilysociety.org/>