Dear Cynthia and Theresa, It is amazing all that you can grow given your challenging gardening conditions. I was interested in the web site and seeing all those Texas geophytes. There were a lot of different genera represented. I was glad to see them using scientific names when you clicked on the thumbnails since I wondered what some of them were. My late parents lived for a number of year in Midland where Shawn Pollard now lives. It is high desert there, but people do water their gardens. I'm not sure much would survive with just what nature provides. After getting Hippeastrum hybrids for Christmas presents a lot of people plant them out and they come back to bloom every year. I'd think it would be too cold. Another friend always looked forward to the Mirabilis jalapa which blooms in the summer and another praised Ornithogalum umbellatum which is considered a week in some climates. I think Mark McDonough grows some Texas alliums. Do either of you grow many of the native bulbs? I think we have a couple of other Texas residents who are members of this list and I hope you will share what you have tried planting out that has survived. Mary Sue