Hi Tony: The commercial clone "Queen Fabiola" is actually Triteleia laxa. B. californica is a different species, and should look quite a bit different, even though there is a lot of variation in color within the species. Diana ----- Original Message ----- From: "anthony goode" <tonyg@thealpinehouse.fsnet.co.uk> To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 1:02 PM Subject: [pbs] Re: Brodiaea californica > I grow this plant (from seed collected by Wayne Roderick a few years > ago) in a sand bed in the garden here in eastern England. The bed has > a roughly seven inch layer of sand with a layer of gritty compost > below. The bulbs are planted in the sand, just above the compost > level. They are doing better here than in a raised bed of standard > free draining compost and better than the few I keep in a pot. It is > in full flower now, dwarfing the commercial clone 'Queen Fabiola.' > > Tony Goode, Nowich UK. Mintemp -8C > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php