I agree with Rolands advice on Cyclamen coum and hederifolium, best grown from seed and planted out We can have heavy rain here in July too, and any other month. These Cyclamen, (and C alpinum, cilicium, intaminatum, repandum vividum) can take summer rain in the open ground provided that there is no standing water. These Cyclamen all survived happily in the open ground or open sand plunges in 2007 see this link, http://metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/who/… Peter (UK) On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 9:57 PM, J.E. Shields <jshields@indy.net> wrote: > You idea to start them in garden soil (in the greenhouse, I presume) and > then plant them out in the garden in the second year sounds interesting. > > > About too wet, I can do little. The middle half of the USA is in the midst > of its worst drought since the 1930's, but we can have up to 7 inches (175 > mm) of rain in the month of July in some years. > at. 40° 02.8' N, Long. 086° 06.6' W > >