The archives have a discussion when the bulbs were offered by Longfield Gardens in 2014. They too were from Israel. My bulbs were completely dry all summer in the raised bed. At our location, we had very little late spring/summer rainfall. May saw .4", June .0", July 1.1" and Aug. .3" with no rain in Sept. Summer 2016 was even drier but this is the first year they have performed this well for me. Has anyone else noticed this kind of long establishment period for these beauties? I think perhaps moving them to a raised bed with free root run helped. They are, by the way, in 50% shade all year. Given the planting situation, it will probably be difficult if not impossible to get a decent photo, David, but I'll take another look. Pamela _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…