THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE INFORMATION MARY SUE. MAYBE I DO NEED TO PLANT THEM MORE DEEPLY. I KNOW IN THE GARDEN, MOST NARC. THAT ARE PLANTED SHALLOWLY HAVE A TENDENCY TO MULTIPLY MORE THAN BLOOM. MINE ARE UP AND MULTIPLYING VERY WELL, JUST NO BLOOMS. DO YOURS GET REALLY "GRASSY" BEFORE THE BUDS APPEAR? KEVIN On Nov 11, 2008, at 12:10 PM, Mary Sue Ittner wrote: > Dear Kevin, > > Reporting from coastal Northern California which is different from > Southern > California of course as we get more rainfall and probably cooler > temperatures, but this species is super easy for me in containers > kept dry, > but moved to the shade in summer. No baking here. Many pots have been > blooming for awhile and others are starting into bloom. Mine multiply > rapidly in the pots, almost double every year so I repot them > frequently > and always have pots in bloom to give to friends every year. Perhaps > they > need to be planted deeper or divided or planted in a deeper container? > > I obtained mine originally from Bill Dijk in New Zealand and they > needed a > year or two to change hemispheres, but since then have bloomed > reliably and > allowed me to share with many others. It's great fun to be able to > give > people a blooming Narcissus at this time of the year as it is so > unexpected. > > Mary Sue > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/