Dear Debbie, Good for you for asking again when you didn't get a reply. I didn't reply since I don't know the answers. I grew Tigridia chiapensis from seed, keeping it dry in winter and starting it again the next spring and growing it in my greenhouse. It bloomed last May, but has since died. I started the seeds in March 2005 so that was about two years from seed. So I guess that made it a biannual for me. Perhaps it would do better and grow faster in conditions more to its liking. I once had a Tigridia pavonia bloom the first year I started it, but never was able to repeat that feat. That would make me think it possible to get it to bloom in a year. You'll have to tell us. I germinated Tigridia vanhoutii, but it also was not a survivor. The seed was from Rob Hamilton from Tasmania and I see a picture on the wiki from Paul Tyerman from another Australia state with a different climate so perhaps they can answer your question or maybe Dennis from Mexico will know. When I lived in Stockton (central California with less rain and hotter summers) Tigridia pavonia was a carefree plant coming back each year and blooming well. It is not happy at all in coastal northern California and only blooms briefly and in the ground does not return. I can only speculate that it doesn't like our extra winter rainfall or cooler summer temperatures or maybe I didn't water it enough here. In Stockton I had clay soil and it was growing in perennial raised beds that I grew drought tolerant perennials in, but I did water and there were no redwood tree roots sucking up any water I gave the beds. Mary Sue