On 11 Aug 04 at 2:10, Theladygardens@aol.com wrote: > Oh dear, I did not know they were difficult... Plants that are difficult in some places thrive in other places. When someone says "difficult" remember the locale they're implicitly referring to. Take oncocyclus irises. Notoriously difficult in wet-winter areas, but I betcha a jelly donut that they'd do very well in parts of Arizona and New Mexico. -- Rodger Whitlock Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Maritime Zone 8, a cool Mediterranean climate on beautiful Vancouver Island