Joe, you've done it again. First you show us acres of blooming Hymenocallis, and now it's acres of Herbertia lahue. What wonderful images! The bovines aren't bad, either. I was about to call them cows - I guess that tells you that I didn't grow up in cattle country. My one lonesome plant of Hymenocallis liriosme seems pathetic. Tell us more about the Herbertia, please. I have not yet grown this, although it's evidently doable outside here in a protected spot. I've read that the individual flowers are ephemeral. How long is the blooming season for a group of plants? Jim McKenney jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, USDA zone 7, where Iris sisyrinchium is about to bloom. My Virtual Maryland Garden http://www.jimmckenney.com/ Webmaster Potomac Valley Chapter, NARGS Editor PVC Bulletin http://www.pvcnargs.org/ Webmaster Potomac Lily Society http://www.potomaclilysociety.org/