Thank you very much Alberto, I imagine it would tolerate heavy feeding then? perhaps like oncocyclus iris or tulips, but frost free. Given its predominately dry wild habitat,might it experience any heavy rainfall? -Either at the initiation of growth or during its period of growth? Peter (UK) On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 9:40 PM, Alberto <ezeizabotgard@hotmail.com> wrote: > Peter, it seems strongly alkaline. High salts content given the scant > seasonal rainfall. > >