I can't speak to the matter of O. lanceolatum in the open garden, having been without it for several years, but O. fimbriatum (which -- like Jane -- find very pleasing, although we have difficulty selling any) does very well for me in my nursery flats. Said flats are finally visible again after about 3 months beneath the snow pack. Also visible are numerous shoots, nosing their way through the pine needle mulch that blankets the flats. Colchicum szovistii is sending up some flower buds, and I'm quite sure I saw some corydalis buds too -- some of the Central Asian species have a penchant for jumping the gun in our climate. Russell, in central Massachusetts, where spring is finally beginning to look like a possibility At 01:56 PM 3/10/2008, Jane McGary wrote: >I actually prefer the Ornithogalum species that flower right on the ground, >stemless or nearly so. O. fimbriatum and O. lanceolatum are particularly >pleasing, but they increase so slowly that I haven't tried them in the open >garden yet. Russell Stafford Odyssey Bulbs PO Box 382 South Lancaster, MA 01561 508-335-8106