Thanks Lauw, very good to get this feedback and to learn that steps are in place to finally rectify this misnamed Allium, and possibly the second one too. If I see a box of bulbs labeled as Allium neapolitanum 'Cowanii' (just one "n" please) one day while buying autumn bulbs, I'll get a box and give them a try again, although here they need to be treated as forced bulbs as they are not reliably hardy when grown outdoors. Thanks again for your efforts, most appreciated! Regards, Mark McDonough antennaria@charter.net Massachusetts, USA USDA Zone 5 ================================= > From: contact@bulbargence.com, Re: White Onion > > Hello Mark, Jim Mc and all, > Here is the answer of Johan van Scheepen KAVB., quickly translated: 'I > think that is about right: Allium cowanni is a >synonyme of A > neopolitanum. In the next comittee meeting I shall propose, that the > currently sold Allium cowanni will go >under the name A neopolitatum > 'Cowannii' (see index Hortensis (1998) page 75; But the RHS > plantfinder puts these species >in a 'Cowannii group" which I contest > and will also be discussed in the next committee. The results will be > published in the 'Bloembollen visie'. > Allium murryanum will be next on the discussion list." > Kind greetings > > Lauw de Jager > http://www.bulbargence.com/