Hi Joe, this is not quite true. I grow mine in small pots and they do well here. I keep them wet all winter and every year they multiply and flower well. We get fairly wet winters although mild - not many frosts. regards, Bill Richardson, Ixia King Winter -2c. to 15C.. at present West Gippsland, Victoria, Australia ixia@dcsi.net.au Ixia Website: http://www.angelfire.com/ri/ixia/ "Almost any garden, if you see it at just the right moment, can be confused with Paradise" Henry Mitchell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Shaw" <jshaw@opuntiads.com> To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 9:35 AM Subject: Re: [pbs] rainlilies, pots, grasshoppers > Mine are all in pots, which several people such as Alberto Castillo, will > tell you isn't the best way to grow them unless you grow them in very large > pots (5 gal. or larger) > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++