Jim W. and all, Calochortus luteus 'Golden Orb' had been surviving and blooming here quite well for a few years. Tehn this past winter was really cold (USDA zone 5 sort of cold) and very wet; instead of blooming this year, there are two or three spindly hoots coming up where 'Golden Orb' is growing. I might mention that Calochortus 'Golden Orb' did not survive even one winter in another bed, one in which C. superbus is growing still. A single spindly seedling of C. marcocarpus might have survived last winter in the top of the rock garden, but if so its single leaf has already faded away for the season. Jim Shields in very chilly and wet central Indiana At 08:30 AM 6/1/03 -0500, Jim Waddick wrote: >Doug; > Don't know where you live, but assume he Calochortus is blooming > now. I have a single bulb in bloom now too (Zone 5 Kansas City). One of > two survivors out of a dozen. I expect a second flower soon. Can anyone > with experience growing Calochortus in colder climate suggest other survivors? > Wish there were more and easier. > > Best Jim W. >-- >Dr. James W. Waddick >8871 NW Brostrom Rd. >Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711 >USA >Ph. 816-746-1949 >E-fax 419-781-8594 ************************************************* 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