Rodger Whitlock wrote: >Lycoris, except L. sprengeri, also disappear with astonishing >rapidity. Here in my zone 7 Maryland garden, Lycoris sprengeri and L. sanguinea are both prone to bulb fly infestation - L. sanguinea especially so. Snowdrops here do not seem to be much bothered by bulb fly. Jim McKenney jimmckenney@starpower.net Montgomery County, Maryland, zone 7, where the flying today is being done by birds scrambling in the rain for food at the feeders.