Jim McK, You're right, I had completely forgotten that discussion; and it does seriously puzzle me, too. Jim Shields At 11:07 AM 12/14/2007 -0500, you wrote: >Jim Shields and others: you might want to go back and re-read the postings >from Lauw Dejager and myself on this topic. Lauw lives in an area which >allows him to have both Phoenix canariensis (a date palm which in east coast >of North America terms is a zone 9 plant) and flourishing, flowering Lycoris >squamigera. > >There is a puzzle here I don't understand. > >Jim McKenney Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 or toll-free 1-866-449-3344 in USA