I grew it no problem when living in Wellington, which possibly would be about zone 8. Wet winters with mild frost, shortish summers. Now I am in Auckland I tried it in the garden several times and lost them. Except for one which got itself under the concrete path and came up for several years, flowering happily, until I tried to dig it up... Now have some in a flower pot, which I bring out in spring when they start showing above the soil and are very happily flowering every spring. But once they have died back I put them on some covered shelves out the back where they get no sun and no rain. I start watering the pot early spring, being very sparing with the watering. But once they are growing, I have them out in the open in the sun. It would be interesting to know if anyone else can grow them. Ina Crossley where we are having so far a very mild autumn, and not much better for the start of the winter. On 23/06/2011 1:21 p.m., Kathleen Sayce wrote: > I know Anemone blanda is considered an easy bulb to grow. But not for me: I've managed to kill it off more times than I can recall, so I want to know who grows it successfully, year after year, and the details of the conditions in your garden, please. > > Kathleen > PNW Coast, zone 8, cool summers, wet mild winters > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >