I see most of the post about Lycoris are concerned on cold hardiness, but I don't see many people from warmer areas i.e. California reporting any contribution. I grow many hundreds of radiata, elsiae, houdhyshelli, straminea, longituba, sprengeri, chinensis, squamigera, incarnata, aurea, with some of them in several clones and all flowers profusely every year. Some of them like radiata and elsiae are in full sun all year round, while other benefit from deciduous trees shade. Also I have grown from seeds sprengeri and have a flowering generation raised here, they took 7-9 years to bloom. I get little or no frost, just few days at -1°C (30F), only occasionally lower, but easily summer temps are 35-38 °C for weeks (96-100F) and no rain for months.Angelo PorcelliCentral Apulia-Italy _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…