local gardener crowing about his or her great nerines! Have they all died? Or do they start to bloom so late that the buds get frozen? Or do they persist but not flower? I don't know. > Planted at the base of a stone barn foundation wall in sandy loam in Zone 5 NW Connecticut, N. bowdenii bloomed those years when there was no hard frost until late October.. No seed, ever. After taking several years to get comfy here in NE North Carolina, they bloom reliably in the open garden in the minor bulb bed. Mark Mazer Hertford, North Carolina USDA 8a Zephyranthes candida blooming in the lawn today, several Oxalis in the greenhous