I used to give my Eucomis what old-timers will recognize as "gladiolus culture" : dug and stored dry indoors for the winter. Then I switched over to growing them in pots, drying them off at the end of the growing season (or after the first freeze mushed the foliage) and then storing the pots dry in a heated (but not too much) basement. I never lost a plant this way, but annual bloom was not a sure thing. I have a big pot of Eu. Pole-evansii (nominally; it has never bloomed so I'm not sure) which is about to be planted permanently outside near the house wall (permanently? Well, at least until it dies, if it does). Incidentally, I've lost Eucomis planted outside in sheltered spots in the past. This was back in the days when men were men and winters were winters or something like that. Jim McKenney jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, USDA zone 7, where Sternbergia greuteriana, Crocus goulimyi and the first C. speciosus are blooming; C. tournefortii, C. banaticus, C. kotschyanus and others are in bud; otherwise it's been a very slow season. My Virtual Maryland Garden http://www.jimmckenney.com/ BLOG! http://mcwort.blogspot.com/ Webmaster Potomac Valley Chapter, NARGS Editor PVC Bulletin http://www.pvcnargs.org/ Webmaster Potomac Lily Society http://www.potomaclilysociety.org/