>Jim: > >So, which species have you found that don't like summer baking? Dear Tony and all; It's always definitions isn't it? I consider summer baking something akin to bulbs that can take (require) hot and dry periods for extended periods of time. Then there is the difference between "require" and "tolerate". As I have indicated before when we have a baking summer Lycoris bloom is delayed. When we have our usual if unpredictable and occasional summer rain, they will bloom in unison and 'on time'. So I'd say NONE of them really 'like' a summer baking and all prefer more even, year-round moisture. If you consider these odd woodlanders and more like Hosta or Epimedium, they can all take some drought, but they all do better with regular moisture. I really don't put Lycoris and baking in the same sentence. Even though they can grow is climates with warm summers during summers, bulbs are in the peak amount of shade and do not experience the same drying out that they might in sunny sites. Summer baking for Junos and Oncocyclus Iris. best Jim W. -- Dr. James W. Waddick 8871 NW Brostrom Rd. Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711 USA Ph. 816-746-1949 Zone 5 Record low -23F Summer 100F +