I too have had a Asphodelus acaulis (for ten years now), but growing in a long tom plunged in a sand bed in the cold greenhouse. My plant has bloomed every year for ten years, and provides a nice show from around Christmas until mid-February. Last year I noticed that it was larger, but began to flower less, so I decided to divide it while the plant was dry and dormant in July. The crown easily separated into about nine crowns, each with a nice set of thick roots ( which I shared through Dell on the PBS bulb exchange). The largest one I kept for myself. This year, it bloomed again, but more profusely than it had in the past. I would say that it like being divided. - - (note - my plant stays quite wet in the sand bed while growing in the winter, but it goes completely dry during the long, hot summer. Matt Mattus USDA Zone 6a Worcester, MA > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/