Thanks everyone for your very inspiring suggestions. I'm looking forward to the new conditions almost as much as I am mourning the imminent loss of my cloud forest. I will surely have more questions once I acquire a yard. On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 8:12 PM, Ina <klazina@orcon.net.nz> wrote: > Max > > Various Narcissus grow very happily here in Auckland. I plant mine in > shady places. They don't need sun here. And they come up year after > year, multiplying. And this is zone 10. > > Ixias and Freesias tend to become like weeds here. > > Hippeastrums do fine here in the open garden, as long as it is afairly > dry area. Well drained. > > Ina > On 6/11/2012 4:50 p.m., Leo A. Martin wrote: > > Narcissus tazzeta (paperwhites) No other Narcissus survive here in the > > ground, but maybe your lower temperatures and theoretically greater > > rainfall would help. Try them. > > -- > Ina Crossley > Auckland New Zealand Zone 10 > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >