Jim: I'm sorry for the poor description. This is about 8 feet of row. The tallest inflorescence is just over 4 feet. They are in a nursery row. They survived in the ground in my former location for a couple of years, but I would not call those winters zone 6 winters. They've survived a couple more winters here in my new location, but I don't believe we've received temperatures below 9°F in these two years, nor were any of the severe temperatures long-lasting. I believe the bulb has to be quite mature to bloom. I have one in a two gallong tree pot which really holds close to 3 gallons. It's growing fine, but has not bloomed in the pot. Neither has it received winter chilling, only winter rest. A stout 4 foot stalk is still impressive. From my own perspective, I'd like to come up with something like it, but a tad shorter with a little less leaf and a little more color interest from the flower, and especially the stalk. I daubed some E. montana pollen this morning from an especially freckled darker specimen, but the anthers did not yield much pollen, and I have no idea if what I did manage out of it is viable. I have an especially purple stalked E. comosa from which I hope to extract pollen in the next couple of days, again for pollinating the E. pole-evansii. Mr. Kelly M. Irvin 10850 Hodge Ln Gravette, AR 72736 USA 479-787-9958 USDA Cold Hardiness Zone 6a/b http://www.irvincentral.com/ Jim McKenney wrote: > Mr. Kelly Irvin wrote: " For the first time my 8 feet or so of Eucomis > pole-evansii are blooming well." >