Hello, Randy. I saw your reply to Gene Mirro and so it is clear that you want to grow Lilium parryi in memory of your wife. To grow L. parryi in Zone 9 and with the rain and temperature patterns of Monterey Bay would be challenging. I grow parryi in conditions somewhat different from Gene's -- I am in sw BC where the climate is cooler and wetter -- but the contrast with your conditions is so great that this hardly matters. Gene and I have cool winters and the possibility of moist soil all year. I can't imagine your growing parryi, in the sense of settling it in, in the Monterey Bay region. You could grow it in pots which you moved, like chess pieces, according to conditions, but all not same. If you want to establish some L. parryi in memory of your wife, would it be interesting to set up a reserve in the lily's natural range? Paige Woodward paige@hillkeep.ca http://www.hillkeep.ca/