Nhu, I think Berkeley, especially in the summers, may be too dry for Lycoris as well as on the cool side. The spring-growing types do well here in Indiana, when it rains. Jim Shields At 11:54 PM 7/26/2011 -0700, Nhu wrote: >I'm about to give up on Lycoris until either I move to a place with more >heat or when I have the space for a greenhouse. ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA