interesting observations on the Frit. Stephen, I think it is Mahonia aquifolium, unless you 'lump' Mahonia in with Berberis. It is possible to produce Mules called mahoberberis which I believe are sterile but widely available On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 1:24 AM, stephen munro <munrosj27@yahoo.com> wrote: > The past couple of weekends I have been happy to find Fritillaria affinis > unexpectedly at two fairly different locales on and close to Puget Sound in > western Washington State. > Two clumps of shrubs predominated with the grasses and these were Oregon > grape (Mahonia or is it Berberis? aquifolium) and Snowberry (Symphiocarpus > albus). No bulbs were found among the Snowberry but they were found among > the Oregon grape. >