I'd like to ask this group as > well: do you grow any Haemanthus in the ground where you garden? Which > species? How cold/wet does it get at your place? > 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