On 18 Sep 05 at 17:53, James Waddick wrote (without saying who is quoted): > >One big disappointment has been Lycoris squamigera. > > This species does badly in mild zones. If you are warmer > than 7 it probably will not perform well. Does that put you > squarely in Zone 8? Lycoris sqamigera does excellently for me here in zone 8, not too far from zone 9. As I write, it's putting on a major show. To my sorrow, though, L. squamigera is the only lycoris that does well here. This city is badly infested with both species of narcissus fly (large and small) because of the many feral bulbs of tough old daffodil cultivars, and the flies make short work of all other lycoris. How squamigera survives the onslaught of winged horrors is anybody's guess. -- Rodger Whitlock Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Maritime Zone 8, a cool Mediterranean climate on beautiful Vancouver Island