Nils, You might be aware that the taxonomic status of M. officinarum and autumnalis is an on and off - discussion, which seems currently in favor of separate species. Anyway, mine was bought as autumnalis, but flowers in April to May for me and looks a lot like the officinarum depicted on PotW - at least southern Germany allows for an outdoor planting, maybe you could try it yourself. As nice as the lush version in Uli's picture is, I guess less lush may be more useful in the garden. Martin Am 15.01.2022 um 23:29 schrieb Nils Hasenbein via pbs: > grew M. autumnalis from seed about 15 years ago (it was said to be easier to grow than M. officinalis, and I wanted to give a Mandrake to a friend who had asked about them after reading Harry Potter). It was easy to grow in a pot, and it flowered ok, but the plant was in no way as lush and beautiful as these. -- Martin (pronoun: he) ---------------------------------------------- Southern Germany Likely zone 7a -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Mandragora Germany outdoor.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 3252454 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>