Judy, " uncommon sources, including Franchi)" Seeds from Italy is the US Franchi distributor. https://www.growitalian.com/ The seed packets are quite beautiful. Mark Mazer Hertford, NC On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 4:36 PM Judy Glattstein <jgglatt@gmail.com> wrote: > I stand corrected. I accept that Johnny's dandelion is not dandelion, > it's chicory. Franchi (what a luscious catalog. There used to be a > vendor at the Philly Flower Show who sold seed from wonderfully uncommon > sources, including Franchi) Anyhow, Franchi does sell Chicorium. And > also Taraxicum, to wit: Dandelion / Dente de Leone. > > As it stands, both Taraxicum and Chicorium are exotic invaders. I > speculate that European immigrants brought both over to North American. > > What's just about to open now, along my driveway, is the > dandelion-looking flowers of coltsfoot, Tussilago farfara. Which is also > not native. > > Enough of this not a bulb, not even a native. I retire from the discussion. > > Judy > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus/ > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…