I enjoyed reading your post, Marilyn. Except for trialing a few odds and ends now and then over the years, I have to admit that the amazing flora of southern Africa is still a lacuna in my experience. In fact, one of the real benefits of participation in this forum is the opportunity if offers to draw on the extensive experience of growers in other areas better suited to that flora. My awareness of Gladiolus and Moraea in particular has grown prodigiously thanks to the attention those genera have received on the wiki (mostly, I suspect, at the behest of Mary Sue). And then there are the accounts and photos of members of genera such as Gethyllis and Androcymbium of which I knew nothing but names before joining this forum. The wonderful diversity of African Romulea has been a real revelation to me. So I'm a newbie with this flora, but I'm trying things as the opportunity arises. In general, anything which is winter dormant can be wintered outside here near a wall (very near, as in against the brick in some cases). Now that you've found the PBS, you're in the right place to learn a lot: but not from me - yet. I just checked the image of Moraea huttonii on the wiki. It's beautiful and fragrant - no wonder you're so happy about it. On the wiki it is described as being very iris-like. In fact, the flower looks a lot like that of the Iris pseudacorus hybrid known as 'Sea Krill'. Jim McKenney jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, USDA zone 7, where phoebes, wood thrushes, and Baltimore orioles are all providing such sweet music on the air now - a veery called from the garden yesterday, and water lilies are blooming and days are warm and nights are cool and what could be better? 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/