The following are hardy outdoors in the ground all year round in Indiana -- USDA cold zone 5, ca 1000 mm rain per year, in all months: L caldwellii L chinensis L longituba L sanguinea L sprengeri The others in the list are either only marginally hardy here or are unknown to me. Jim Shields At 10:11 PM 11/30/2012 +0000, you wrote: >Hi All, > >I tried to find some more exact information about the cold hardiness >of some Lycoris species, but every webpage says something different. >..... >Barna Sipos >Hungary, UK ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Lat. 40° 02.8' N, Long. 086° 06.6' W