I haven't tried Crocus goulimyi here in central Indiana. Maybe I should? I have had nudiflorus and a nice clone of kotschyanus, but perhaps our drought is to blame for their not appearing so far this autumn. I had a batch of speciosus naturalized in the lawn, but it gradually disappeared. Perhaps the grass crowded it out. Jim Shields in Westfield, Indiana USA At 08:27 AM 10/18/2010 -0400, you wrote: >I have at least two customers in the upper Midwest (zone 4) who claim C. >goulimyi winters reliably for them. Are there any zone 4/5 gardeners on >this list who have had good luck with this species (Jim Shields, perhaps?)? >...... >Russell Stafford ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Tel. ++1-317-867-3344