At least Gather the seeds. This Scilla litaridari should bloom from seed in 3 years or less. the bulb offered by M& Z is weedy and I think wrongly identified. At minimum it is not very nice. I bought it from M&Z and had to remove it. Rimmer SE Mich Zone 5 On Apr 25, 2013, at 6:39 PM, Judy Glattstein <jgglatt@gmail.com> wrote: > Jim W. mentioned that the > mystery-bulb-now-identified-as-Scilla-litardieri is available from > McClure and Zimmerman. Sure I could buy some, and I might. But they will > be anonymous. It is the pedigree, the connection, that these few bulbs I > collected today have as a history. > > I have some Galanthus nivalis that are ex ex Lob's Woods. I got them > from Sydney Eddison. She got them from a neighbor who is a granddaughter > of Mr. Krippendorf. He's the man who had a wonderful correspondence with > Elizabeth Lawrence. And she visited Lob's Woods. These "ordinary" > snowdrops are extra-ordinary to me because of their pedigree. > > Never thank for plants, says Felder Rushing, because they won't grow. > O.K. I think that's a Southern thing? So I won't thank for plants but I > will and can and do give thanks for the friends who share with me - > plants and ideas and gardening tips. Especially the friends here on the > PBS web site. > > Judy > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/