Jane McGary wrote: "The Bulbocodium section, which includes N. cantabricus, is particularly rich in confusions, but I'm glad to see a lot of them in flower right now, despite a viciously cold December. They are rewarding plants and very easy in pots, but should be grown as hard as possible because they tend to go over fast and flop in a warm greenhouse." Also in flower now are N. hedraeanthus, N. jacetanus, and what I have under the name N. asturicus (which I think is an invalid name now). The latter two are trumpet daffodils but respectively small and very small." Jane, I hope that is a prelude to your eventual announcement of little or no significant damage to the plants in your cold frames after the big plunge. And I have already learned from experience that if I don't get my cold frames open on sunny days, the flowers of the little hoop petticoat daffodils go fast. I'm happy to say that the Chilean Tropaeolum still look fine and are growing vigorously. I’m finding this hard to believe. Jim McKenney jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, 39.03871º North, 77.09829º West, USDA zone 7 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/