> David Nicholson wrote >>I grow a few of them [Hyacinthella spp.] and find them unassuming I also grow several species of Hyacinthella, millegenii, heldreichii,leucophaea,lineata, and aristoides, glabrescens, hispida and lazulina. A few have recently flowered, of which I remove the inflorescences after 3-4 days, as it helps build the bulb up in size. I use sharply drained native soil, with a bit of compost added, pumice, and a pinch of volcanic rock dust, rich in micronutrients. Several pans of seedlings are slowly germinating, sown with a 3 week warm period above 50 degrees , and almost 3 months typically hovering around and mostly below 50 degrees. Hyacinthoides reverchonii will probably open next week, not this, as it's been snowing off and on all week here in a wet, chilly Seattle. Rick Kyper