New Zealand has a very great variety of climates actually, where in the South Island they are still having morning frosts, lots of snow in winter, while Northland, which is at the top of New Zealand's North Island, is mostly tropical. Auckland is just at the bottom of Northland. I grow Citrus, Tamarillos, etc. But it depends on where in Auckland one lives, as it is a large area. Ina I am not sure what temperatures you get down to in the winter however being in NZ you are probably a little colder than sub-tropical South America. Although many of the hippeastrum hybrids do well in the Southern parts of Australia they do like a northerly aspect. ( I do not come from Southern Australia however have read many reports on tactics to get less cold hardy plants to grow well down there). In short they probably like the fact that the concrete paths heat up through the day and then gradually cool down through the night because of their physical mass and concretes ability to absorb the heat through the day. You might like to try them near brick walls etc that have a tendancy to retain a little extra energy releasing it gradually through the night. Kind Regards and Best Wishes Ron Redding Hervey Bay Australia _________________________________________________________________ Take a peek at other people's pay and perks Check out The Great Australian Pay Check http://clk.atdmt.com/NMN/go/157639755/direct/01/ __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4439 (20090918) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com/