Hi Mark, Thanks for the note. When did you plant them? Jim At 09:12 AM 11/29/2010 -0500, you wrote: >We have a few H. montanus in the garden in northeast North Carolina, Zone >8a.. Hot, humid summer, wet spring and winter. Can't say if they will >prove to be long time survivors yet. > >Mark Mazer >Hertford, North Carolina USA >Zone 8 ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Tel. ++1-317-867-3344