Jim: Sorry for evoking the bulb lust. I grow it just at the drip line of some 25 year old fagus sylvatica ( European Beech) . The soil is ordinary garden soil which I have augmented with some grit and a couple of handfuls of alfalfa pellets. I must admit that the trees are reaching out over the bulbs so at some point it may develop into a problem. They share the area with a number of lycoris and a cardiocrinum giganteum that I have nurturing along for four years. Each year the number of leaves on the cardiocrinum get bigger and taller. At some point I may get a flower and then lose the bulb. I am located two miles west of the George Washington Bridge. The lily came from the SLPG and has flowered two years since I received it. The flowers have a very thick and waxy texture. Arnold