Dear Friends, The Good carefree, easy and dependable landscape impact The Bad can't grow, no matter how often or where I try them The Ugly weeds that come up in every square inch and have to pulled year after year. Thinking anew about the latter, and with the chief suspect ( Ornithogalum umbellatum) in bloom. Gee it looks a lot like Iphieon 'Albert Castillo' only easier and cheaper. Come to think of it, I don't think there is any really weedy bulb here; even the Pinellias are easy to control and I rarely feel like I have to pull them up. Allium triquetrum I've tried a couple of times without any luck. It's in the 'ugly' category above. Alstroemeria aurantiaca... I wish. But speaking of Hellebores (Susan), the x orientalis types self seed very freely, but I just donated a couple hundred to a local shade garden sale. Not a problem. The only thing close is the variegated xPolygonatum odoratum which seems to spread further and further afield each year. Again I donated 50 plus to the shade sale to keep them out of the paths. I have plenty of weeds, but not a bulb among them. ...or should I cross my fingers and say "YET"? Best Jim W. -- Dr. James W. Waddick 8871 NW Brostrom Rd. Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711 USA Ph. 816-746-1949 Zone 5 Record low -23F Summer 100F +