Hi Gang, The last crinums of fall seems to have finished blooming; the last two plants finished this week. One was a digweedii-type (I think it is Royal White, as described by Al Sisk). It is wonderfully fragrant and I had forgotten it can bloom late. I need to check my records to be sure. LINK: Crinum x Royal White http://www.crinum.us/rwd.htm The other bloomer was a C. erubescens-like plant with very dark burgundy scapes and stamens that set off the lumious white tepals. Of course C. asiaticum types may try to bloom from now till the first frosts. One year a plant loaded with blooms just stopped all activity in mid-December after a night of 33 F. The cold weather surprised it I guess. Eventually, frosts in early January took out the scape. In Houston proper (30-40 miles south) some Crinums bloom in winter. Houston just doesn't have frosts in many gardens. Temperatures may drop to 28 F or 30 F in some neighborhoods in recent years, but tree cover and heat from buildings seems to keep actual frost away from the plants. And I think the many warm days preceeding cold events provides heat to the soil, and such heat radiates out on cold nights. The frost may appear on roof tops but not low to the ground, under trees, or next to homes. Additionally, cool temperatures seem to arrive very late overnight, and by the time it is cold the sun is rising. C. augustum is a reliable winter bloom in some Houston gardens. Marcelle Sheppard moves a giant pot of C. augustum indoors for winter, and it blooms off and on during winter and early spring in a cool greenhouse. LINK: C. augustum in winter bloom http://marcellescrinums.com/html/crinum-species/… Here where I live, north of Houston, temperatures can drop to 22-23 F some nights. This takes out the foliage on all my crinums except C. bulbispermum-types. C. asciacum and similar plants are hardy, but I don't think they'd take much more cold. The gold-leaved Crinum known as C. xanthophyllum is very tender, and it dies about 28-30 F; even a few days of 30 F seem to kill it. There is a similar plant that a friend found many years ago in Thailand; it is smaller than C. xanthophylum and seems to be hardier. Both are beautiful in the right setting next to foliage of other shapes and colors, but off in a pot by themselves they can look pitifully sad and chlorotic. LINK: C. xanthophyllum and Thai gold Crinum (scoll to bottom photo) http://marcellescrinums.com/html/crinum-found/… Cordially, Joe Conroe TX