Our Winters vary with lows from 0 to 15 degrees Fahrenheit, always very wet. Summers are bone dry, hottest weeks exceeding 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Also, deer and rodents are prevalent. While the deer do not eat the Alliums, squirrels have systematically dug the bulbs of Allium amplectens and A. sphaerocephalon, leaving the defiled scapes laying next to the hole they dug, just to taunt me. We have both ground and tree squirrels,not sure who the culprit is yet. Travis Owen Rogue River, OR amateuranthecologist.blogspot.com http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/