Dear Shirley, Thank you for sharing this list of plants. Some of them are unexpected in your type of climate.: Camassia quamash, allium moly, Gladiolus x colvillei,, Tricyrtus hirta, Galanthus nivalis, Tigridia pavoni, Schizostylis coccinea Do they well naturally or do you take particular precaution such as watering or heavy shade? regards Lauw de Jager Shirley Meneice a *crit : > For you who are interested in what grows in various Mediterranean > climates, I live in Pebble Beach, California, less than 100 meters from > the ocean on a slope facing sothwest toward the sea. I am in Zone 9, > probably Zone 10 except for exceptional winters which occur about once a > decade. I currently grow the following bulbs, listed in no particular > order. These are outdoors in the ground. Ferraria crispa, Babiana > stricta and rubrocyanea, various Lilium, Habranthus tubispathus, > Muscari, Chasmanthes floribunda, Ixia maculata, Lapeirosia laxa, > Lachenalia mutabilis, Hippeastrum advenum, H. equestre, Hesperanthes, > Hermodactylus tuberosus, Canna, Camassia quamash, Calochortus venustus, > Moraea, Ipheion uniflora, Scilla peruviana, Homeria, Sisyrinchum > californicum, S. angustifolium, Leucojum aestivum, Agapanthus > orientalis, allium moly, Clivia miniata, Gladiolus x colvillei, > Narcissus, Tricyrtus hirta, Galanthus nivallis, Tigridia pavonia, > Zigadenus elegans, Zauschneria, Dracunculus vulgaris, Watsonia, > Zepharanthes, Hymenocallis macrostephana, Triteleia ixiodes, Sparaxis, > Cyclamen persicum, Schizostylis coccinea and Amaryllis belladonna and > hybrids from The Doutt's. I grow tulips but they are little better than > annuals as far as bloom goes. The foliage appears for a number of > years, but no bloom. > > My soil has been amended for over twenty years with compost, clippings, > leaves and pine needles. The underlying soil is clay and partially > decomposed granite. It drains poorly, thus the years of amending it. > Our rain generally falls from November to April 15 and averages 18" per > year. This rain year (July 1, 2002-July 1, 2003) we have had about 13" > with not much more time to catch up. The summers are dry. We seldom > see temperatures above 90 degrees F. in summer nor below 30 degrees F. > in winter. A prolonged "hot spell" is 3 days. There is considerable > fog in the summer with resultant cool temperatures in the 60's. -- Lauw de Jager BULB'ARGENCE, 30300 Fourques, France Site: http://www.bulbargence.com/ Région: Provence/Camargue, Climat zone: 9a Mediterranean, dr y July-August, peak rainfall in autumn, minimum temps -3-7°C (28-21F) Reference vegetation: Arbutus unedo, Olea europeaea,