It depends who buys the plants and where they plant them as to whether it will become a pest or not. In Europe it will probably never escape, particularly in the colder parts. But in Australia or New Zealand or California it will and has! It needs winter rain and doesn't like cold temperatures as it grows in winter. It also doesn't like warm wet summers as the corms can rot. So in many parts of the USA it may not become a weed. I would be careful in France , Italy, Spain and Portugal too. Regards rachel Saunders Cape Town ----- Original Message ----- From: Lauw Dejager <dejager@bulbargence.com> To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 11:46 AM Subject: Re: [pbs] Re: Watsonia bulbifera > Dear Bob, > Thanks for your note. I have got a stock here, but your posting > assured me in refraining from putting it in my catalog. However last > year August I noticed in Holland a field of one acre with Watsonia > bulbifera, which they intend to put on the market soon. How and who can > prevent them from doing so? > > Kind regards > > Lauw deJager Bulb'Argence >