Erin asked about winter protection in USDA Z8, writing Since the promised cool greenhouse has not been built that means >lots of covering and uncovering of plants. > One of the few advantages of not being married is that you don't have to wait until your husband builds what he has promised. I can't build anything much, but even I can build coldframes or, if I want fancy ones (such as four of the five I use now), I can hire a carpenter to build them. I wrote a chapter on bulb frames (which can also host seedlings, seed pots, and alpines) in the book "Rock garden design and construction." It recently went down to 14 degrees F here and I have been snowed in (literally, can't go anywhere, many roads and highways closed by ice, power often failed, etc.) for 8 days now. I laid microfoam sheet insulation over the bulbs in the frames and shut them, and I expect to lose only a small number of species, based on previous (though shorter) cold snaps. The frames also allow one to control the annual moisture cycle, which would be important for Erin if she wants to grow Mediterranean bulbs in Georgia. A frame is just a box with some kind of clear cover on it. Just make the frame deep enough so that you can leave the cover on when the plants are at their full height, and put something under it to keep out burrowing rodents. Jane McGary