Kathleen wrote >Veltheimia bracteata gets water spray from the open section, so >those plants are growing strongly. Kathleen, how cold do you think it gets in that frame? I have a huge pot of this Veltheimia that I grew for many years in the solarium of my previous house (still for sale, solarium and all), but my new house has nowhere much to keep plants completely frost-free in winter. Kept in the living room it doesn't flower. I've been wondering whether I should try some of the bulbs in the center of the bulb house, or just send them all to the BX. SPeaking of houses and gardens for sale, Ellen Hornig and I can at least go back and plunder our former gardens at leisure until the real estate market perks up -- a silver lining. I left a woodland planting with a lot of anemones there, hoping it would encourage potential buyers, but my live-in caretakers can't keep up with the weeding, so I'm just going to take all the plants I can and let them herbicide the ground under the trees and shrubs. There are still some remains of the old bulb frames there, too, one of them full of mixed colchicums. If I had the names on them, I'd send them to the BX, but they were lifted from the garden and put back in the former frame area when I ran out of room for them in the new place. Jane McGary Portland, Oregon, USA