What a gorgeous combination of flowers in the photos. Thank you Jacob. And for the info on growing them. These ones are actually pure white, no spots, no colours at all. Gorgeous as the coloured ones are, I will not be able to grow them as these would not stay pure white. Ina On 23/07/2012 8:49 p.m., Jacob Knecht wrote: > As long as you are planting them in well-drained soil in a north-facing > spot (would be south-facing in the Northern Hemisphere), they will persist > for many years even with winter rainfall. In this Berkeley planting strip > they come back year-upon-year: > http://flickr.com/photos/xerantheum/… just as I believe they > do at the UC Berkeley Botanical Garden. > > Jacob -- Ina Crossley Auckland New Zealand Zone 10