OK, I didn't change the subject line even though it's spelled wrong: understand "Zantedeschia." Jim McKenney wrote, >I've had problems with Z. aethiopica too, but I think the root of that is >that this species is a winter grower which only very reluctantly changes >seasons. This is news to me. Here in Oregon, Z. aethiopica is dormant in winter and emerges in mid-spring, going dormant by late summer. It is in flower now. Another odd thing is that although this is widely regarded as a wetland plant, clogging ditches when it escapes in mild climates, here one sees it flourishing in sites that become completely dry in summer: last week I drove by a magnificent colony of it growing in a parking strip in front of a storefront, where it's probably never irrigated. British garden books (the main kind we used to have) recommend growing it as a shallow aquatic to enhance its winter-hardiness. I sometimes see other callas offered as water-garden plants, but as far as I know none of them is winter-hardy here in Zone 7 or 8, or whatever we choose to number it. To return to another aroid recently discussed, Arum dioscoridis is coming into flower here, and like other correspondents, I find it a bit early relative to previous years. Also noticed an inflorescence rising yesterday on the dreaded Dracunculus; maybe I'll try drowning it as suggested here. Jane McGary Northwestern Oregon, USA