Jim, Where did you get your Lycoris chinensis? When is a good time to purchase and plant them? I have L. squamigera and it looks like it may spike very shortly as they usually do around the end of July and beginning of August. If you have any pics. please post them. Warm (actually HOT!!) regards Fred Biasella Cambridge (Boston)MA USDA Zone 6b Hi everyone, Here in central Indiana, the first scapes of Lycoris chinensis and of L. longituba are just now appearing above ground. We also call them "Surprise Lilies" here in the boondocks of Hoosierland. Jim Shields