On 20 Oct 07, at 9:04, Mary Sue Ittner wrote: > This plant has a reputation for sometimes skipping a year (or more). I > think we talked about this in the past and this was true for some and not > for others which is the response you are getting this time as well. You > could check the archives. I think mine bloomed more reliably with hotter > summers than they do here where they sometimes skip more than a year. And I > expect that my trees are providing too much shade as well. In our climate > they have a brief dormancy in late summer. Last year they bloomed for the > first time in awhile. So if it is too hot for them in Taiwan, it may be too > cool for them in coastal Northern California and just right for them in > Southern California and New York. Mine flower reliably. They're planted a few feet out from a south- facing wall. Heavy soil, saturated for most of the winter and bone dry in summer. Air temperatures here rarely go above 70F. Not what you'd call a warm climate. It may be significant that they are right next to a concrete walk; it is possible that sufficient lime leaches from the concrete to be a factor in the performance of my Scilla peruviana. However, THIS IS A STAB IN THE DARK, so please don't run around telling everyone that Scilla peruviana is a lime-lover. Does anyone grow the supposed white-flowered S.p? And if so, is it any good, or is it a so so affair like so many other albinos? -- Rodger Whitlock Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Maritime Zone 8, a cool Mediterranean climate on beautiful Vancouver Island