Jim: You have a good point about plants that often look good early and crash later as spring arrrives. I just rechecked a few of our South African bulbs and Ammocharis corranica, Brunsvigia josephine, and Boophane haemanthoides still look great. We have also found almost all arum species to be hardy for us. Arum orientale var. sintensii and A. hygrophyllum are in flower now. Our low this winter was 8 degrees F. Tony Avent Plant Delights Nursery @ Juniper Level Botanic Garden 9241 Sauls Road Raleigh, NC 27603 USA Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F USDA Hardiness Zone 7b email tony@plantdelights.com website http://www.plantdel.com/ phone 919 772-4794 fax 919 772-4752 "I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself...at least three times" - Avent