In a message dated 4/12/2006 12:18:57 PM Pacific Standard Time, jimmckenney@starpower.net writes: Fritillaria persica seems a bit more tolerant. But when I read that Jim Waddick has F. persica coming back and blooming sometimes, I really perked up: I've never been able to establish it here as a garden plant. Jim ~ I was successful with this when we lived in Minnesota. I had it growing outside of my home office windows under the wide overhang and fairly close to the foundation. The soil was quite sandy. I did water it from time to time before it bloomed and, perhaps, once or twice before it died back. In Summer and facing south, I would imagine that location, when the outside temps were in the low to mid nineties, the soil surrounding the bulb probably got pretty warm as it wasn't mulched in any, except for the Winter. Because of the overhang it got no moisture from the time it died back until very late Fall when I gave it some before freeze up and covering over with mulch. I had it grow and bloom for several years under this regimen and it probably grows there still. Dave Karnstedt Silverton, Oregon