I'm in NW Arkansas, US, about 320 km (200 miles) south of Jim, and roughly a tenth that far southeast of Kelly, with weather and climate similar to both (a bit warmer than Jim), and my results are different yet. Here the L. radiata is in full flower right now, with the last big flush of L. chinensis, which has the longest "season" of any of the Lycoris for me. It has adapted to my conditions as well the ubiquitous L. squamigera, and I've several times had people ring the doorbell to ask what it is when it really hits its stride. L. longituba has large seed pods on it, L. squamigera is past but for a few stragglers. My L. radiata, obtained locally years ago, sets lots of seed every year and so I assume it's the diploid form, which may account for the difference in flowering time - it's the only form I've ever grown, so I don't really know. (If anyone wants any, I'll collect and send to Dell this year.) I have one clump of L. chinensis and one of L. longituba that always flower at least 10 days, and sometimes as much as 3 weeks, before their fellows. Have others seen this also? Steve On Fri, 29 Aug 2008, James Waddick wrote: > >Things are a little different for me here. > > Dear Kelly, > As (relatively) close as you are to me, I am surprised that > your bloom sequence is quite so different. > > The fall foliage types do not do very well here as we are > cold enough to cause lots of winter damage, L. radiata is among the > most reliable for me, but it won't bloom until late Sept or early Oct. -- Steve Marak -- samarak@gizmoworks.com