I don't know where Jim McKenney lives and gardens, but it's for sure warmer than here, if Hymenocallis 'Sulphur Queen' survives outdoors in the ground. At 12:14 PM 1/21/2004 -0500, Jim McKenney wrote: >.......... >Here are the five reliable sorts: >1. Eranthis hyemalis; and I mean the western European forms, not the >eastern forms sometimes called E. cilicica. >2. Trillium luteum; the name is dubious, but a clump of this pale >yellow-flowered sessile Trillium has been here for over thirty years. >3. Hymenocallis Sulphur Queen; not really a garden plant here, although it >has survived winters near a wall. >4. Lilium hansonii; one of the few martagon types which does well in this >area; this lily has an interesting history which might make a good basis >for another thread. >5. Sternbergia lutea in the familiar commercial form. Is this a clone? Does >it ever set seed? >......... >Here's the wish list: >1. Hymenocallis amancaes >2. Paramongaia weberbaueri >3. a truly hardy, vigorous yellow-flowered Lycoris >4. a reliably hardy yellow-flowered Bletilla >5. a yellow tiger lily (Lilium lancifolium aka L. tigrinum), if there has >ever been such a thing Lycoris chinensis is certainly yellow flowered, if a little light in color. It is definitely hardy up here in Indiana. It is really worth trying! I should have added it to my own list of favorite yellows. Jim Shields ************************************************* 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