In message <1349262658.24821.YahooMailNeo@web87701.mail.ir2.yahoo.com>, Nick de Rothschild <nikko123@btinternet.com> writes >Re John Grimshaw's reply.... you have to realise that he comes from 'up north' >and we come from 'down south'- up north they are a tough bunch, whereas down >south we are softies. Here Nerine is a winter dormant, spring/summer growing bulb - yes I am 'oop North' in England [1], but the west coast is warmer than Yorkshire in winter, temperatures barely got below zero in winter 2011/12. Maybe the summers don't get hot enough. Anyway the nerine are flowering at the moment, after a long growing season starting in spring. [1] Blackpool, Lancashire. https://maps.google.co.uk/maps/… =2.444117,4.301147&oe=UTF-8&hnear=Blackpool,+United+Kingdom&t=h&z=8 -- David Pilling email: david@pilling.demon.co.uk web: http://www.davidpilling.net/