Max Various Narcissus grow very happily here in Auckland. I plant mine in shady places. They don't need sun here. And they come up year after year, multiplying. And this is zone 10. Ixias and Freesias tend to become like weeds here. Hippeastrums do fine here in the open garden, as long as it is afairly dry area. Well drained. Ina On 6/11/2012 4:50 p.m., Leo A. Martin wrote: > Narcissus tazzeta (paperwhites) No other Narcissus survive here in the > ground, but maybe your lower temperatures and theoretically greater > rainfall would help. Try them. -- Ina Crossley Auckland New Zealand Zone 10