This has become a very interesting topic. Please keep up the lists! Here we have two or three crinums growing out in the open nursery field, just under about 6 inches of mulch in winter: Crinum variabile -- large plants that have not yet bloomed C. [bulbispermum X lugardiae] -- blooming right now C. bulbispermum seedlings In protected beds, on the south and east sides of a heated greenhouse, we have C. bulbispermum bloom size C. 'Ellen Bosanquet' misc. x-powellii type plants C. 'J.C. Harvey' that thrives and blooms multiple scapes Otheres are still being tested. Regards, Jim Shields in central Indiana, where winter low temperatures touch -25C almost every year. ************************************************* 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