All my Hippeastrums in the garden lose their leaves totally towards the end of the summer, are without leaves all winter. They develop scapes from early spring, and once thosestart wilting, the leavesgrow. From that I would deduce their rest period is winter, Jim. Ina On 3/12/2012 5:12 a.m., J.E. Shields wrote: > It, like some other species > of Hippeastrum, seems to do better with a rest period in summer. -- Ina Crossley Auckland New Zealand Zone 10