It was also a generally mild winter here in central North Carolina, although the prolonged warmer-than-usual weather was followed by a several cold snaps. I think the minumum temperature was about 12 F (-11 C), accompanied by a couple of inches of snow. The erratic weather was bad for my hydrangeas and gardenias which started to grow too soon and then froze. They would have been fine with more consistently cold weather. Bulbs were insulated against the fluctuations, so most did fine. My most surprising survivors were some Tigridia pavonia (common, commercially available clones) which tolerated wet clay over the winter, and a Scadoxus puniceus that I planted on a whim last year, because it wasn't doing well in a pot. The Scadoxus didn't bloom this spring, but its two new growths are significantly larger than last year's. Nick Plummer North Carolina, zone 7 http://sweetgumandpines.wordpress.com/ _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@mailman1.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/