It grows well in a fairly sunny position in the uk and is easy in pots. It probably needs temperature fluctuations to end its summer dormancy. Can you grow Tulip species? - it likes similar conditions. Peter (UK) On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 10:10 PM, AW <awilson@avonia.com> wrote: > One of those ads popped up today from e-Bay telling me about a beautiful, > blue-flowered lily that somebody wanted to sell. It sounded pretty good but > no Latin name for the species was provided. A little work later, I narrowed > it down to possibly Ixiolirion tataricum. The epithet seems to indicate it > comes form central Asia. For this area, with a nearly frostless climate, > that might not be a good choice. I looked it up in the Wiki and became more > or less convinced that I had the right name. The Wiki did not indicate in > which climate zones the bulbs would be suited. I'm sure somebody among us > grows the attractive bulb. Would it grow here? > > Andrew > San Diego > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >