Bill and all, You should be able to grow Lycoris radiata radiata there, if you pick your spot carefully. I got some bulbs from Rodney Barton in Texas two years ago, and they are doing OK here. They do not dop well in pots! The diploid subspecies of L. radiata does not survive here, at least not where I have tried it so far. The Lycoris sanguinea was the very first one open. It is a tiny little thing, orange flowered. L. longituba were the first of the large flowered types to bloom, but chinensis and sprengeri are close behind. In the older parts of the town, L. squamigera bloomed well ahead of my plants out here, where things are more open. Regards, Jim Shields At 12:10 PM 8/13/2003 -0400, you wrote: >As far as I know, we cannot grow Lycoris radiata in my area, SW Ohio, Zone >6a. However, I now have in bloom, Lycoris chinensis, a great golden yellow >flower. It is grown in the open. I want more of this one! >Bill Lee ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 or toll-free 1-866-449-3344 in USA Member of INTERNATIONAL CLIVIA CO-OP