>I collected wild seeds -- alpine perennials, not bulbs -- for my little >rock garden there and sowed them immediately in pots. Some species >germinated immediately, and I left the seed pots outdoors under the snow >all winter. To be precise, I should have written "Seeds of species which have a demonstrated cold-dormancy requirement in order to germinate, would not germinate until the following spring in any case, otherwise new seedlings would be killed in their first cold winter. " Lots of perennial seedlings are hardy to cold, here anyway. Aquilegia, penstemon, eriogonum, phlox, etc. Bob _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…