Hi Barbara: Planted in proximity to a heated basement wall it has overwintered in Chicago and flowered. Boyce Tankersley Director of Living Plant Documentation Chicago Botanic Garden 1000 Lake Cook Road Glencoe, IL 60022 tel: 847-835-6841 fax: 847-835-1635 email: btankers@chicagobotanic.org -----Original Message----- From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Barbara Weintraub Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2010 8:16 PM To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org Subject: [pbs] Scilla peruviana I recently bought a bunch of geophytes in a fit of enthusiasm. One of them is Scilla peruviana. Has anyone grown it in the ground in a colder climate? - Barbara Weintraub Santa Fe, New Mexico 6700 feet elevation (Think high desert) nominally zone 5b