John Grimshaw wrote, >The version really worth growing is S. bifolia 'Praecox' (this name >may not be strictly correct). As the name suggests, it is early, usually >with the snowdrops, but it's advantage is that it is about 3 times bigger >than normal and has many more flowers of a particularly rich blue. The stems >are also usually dark red. It's a really choice plant but not commercially >available, which is a great shame. This sounds very like the form I have here, which is quite large as I mentioned in an earlier posting and has dark reddish stems. I got it from Hoog & Dix some years ago, but it didn't carry any cultivar name, as far as I recall. Perhaps I should add it to my summer bulb list if it's more desirable than the typical one. I had just been considering it a pest in the bulb frame! Jane McGary Northwestern Oregon, USA