Susan and all, I agree with John. I store my Scadoxus in their pots, but relatively dry. They are in the greenhouse, under a bench in winter. Unpotting would definitely set them back seriously. It gets down almost to freezing on some cold nights in winter (with the heaters running), and this does not seem to hurt the puniceus. My other species don't flower well, and I think I will need to find a warm place for them in winter. Note that S. puniceus will start to flower in January and most of mine flower, in the greenhouse, in February. Regards, Jim Shields in cold central Indina (USA) At 10:34 AM 12/12/2008 +0000, you wrote: >I would be worried that the perennial roots would dry out if stored out of >their pots, setting the plants back quite a bit. > >John Grimshaw > >Dr. John M. Grimshaw >Sycamore Cottage ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 or toll-free 1-866-449-3344 in USA