SEED AVAILABLE:
Warm 60 days, cold 90 days; repeat stratification cycle, or
Best direct sown in fall in shade and kept moist 
15+ seeds - packed in moist vermiculite and put into stratification cycle (fall 2025)
May take 2 years to germinate, so be patient!
NOTE: A few seeds began to germinate in cold and are now (19Mar2026) in warm; they are being potted up as they germinate... 
 
PLANT PROFILE:
Zone: 3-7  Perennial
Height: 30cm [11.5in]
Spread:  same; naturalizes in large patches
Bloom: Spring blooms, white (after leaves die down)
Foliage: Edible wide green leaf makes handsome early groundcover, then disappears for mid-late summer; best to harvest no more than 30% of foliage, and leave bulbs to reproduce another year
Fruit: Sets seed in June-July; 
Light:  Full sun best in spring, shade to part-shade for summer
Water:  Not particular
Soil:  Not particular
Garden Location:  Prefers to be understory of deciduous trees; great in a woodland garden