Hi Bob, I did lose a C x powellii in my school garden that had lasted several years (it was a pink one, not a great flower) but the C x powellii album bulb I got last year and put in one of my home gardens survived. I can't say it is as vigorous as the bulbispermums but maybe it needs time to settle down as crinums sometimes do when they lose roots. I also planted a small "Super Ellen" not far from the house wall, I want to see it make a huge flower spike one day like it is supposed to be able to do, it sounds like a massive plant and since it was backcrossed onto bulbispermum I think, it has a good chance of being hardy, and it is in a protected spot anyway. Ernie Both Crinum bulbispermum and C. x powellii are perfectly hardy in Denver. It never rains in the winter here. (One of the main reasons why I like bulbs so much is that they sensibly hide underground for most of the year.) Bob Nold Denver, Colorado USA The damage to woody plants from the November blast, 17C one day, –25C two days later, was such that many will not recover. _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/