I think this might be a case of too much TLC. Mine grow in hot, full Southern California sun, poor soil and little water. Try being a little tougher with them.... Nan >Last Spring, I planted several tigrida that I got either from Yucca Du >or Plant Delights. I put them at the sloping base of a liveoak tree in >rich loamy soil where they got bright filtered light all day. They were >deeply soaked every 5-7 days. Two of the three plants put up some very >scraggly sparse foliage and the other did nothing. There was never even >the hint of a blossom. > >I was afraid that full sun in our very harsh summers would be too much >for them. What did I do wrong? Do they need to be kept very moist? >Companion plants were Cypella Herbertii and several oxallis and they all >bloomed all season. Nearby, in the same bed, iris japonica are thick >and thrive. > >Theresa Massey > >Austin TX, Zone 8B, 20-110F, approx 30" annual rainfall (long droughts >punctuated by flash floods) > > -- +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Nan Sterman Plant Soup (TM) PO Box 231034 Encinitas, CA 92023 760.634.2902 (voice) Talkingpoints@PlantSoup.Com 760.634.2957 (fax) +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=