On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 4:34 PM, Gene Mirro <mirrog@yahoo.com> wrote: > In winter, they get at least four months of soil temps in > the 35-40F range. They live at high elevations with snow cover in nature. > But I don't know how much winter chilling they need. Thank you, Gene, It seems I either have a shortage of winter chill or summer heat, both of which they would receive in the San Gabriel and San Bernardino Mountains where she grew up. I have pictures of my wife in the snow in her childhood but do not know much of the heat there. Our one trip there together was in the early summer, so I did not get a feel for the full summer heat there. The one time ours bloomed they were lovely, and obviously the cat liked them as well. I really want to continue to grow them in her memory, so will work on the conditions I need to help them thrive. Thank you all, Randy