Eric Thanks for advice. Last year, I planted deep but raked away soil after hard winter was finished. Have larger planting this year. Rich On Oct 4, 2011, at 1:51 PM, <elilium71@roadrunner.com> <elilium71@roadrunner.com> wrote: > Hi Richard, > I would plant them at least 3 inches deep or more. They will have no problem sending leaf up from that depth.