Joe wrote: >> How about folks along the coast of California, or other similar climates. > How does C. bulbisperumum behave for you? Here in western Oregon, we had a low of about +14F, then about 8" of snow. Most of the bulbispermums froze back to the bulb, and now have a cone of dead, brown, wet leaves. However there are a few seedling (but probably blooming size) bulbispermums with up to 8" of green leaves. Flowering will be in mid-late June, seeds will ripen, and there will probably be rebloom in August, and again seeds will ripen. Not all plants--or even most of them--rebloom, but our "high" summer temperatures don't prevent blooming. Our highs would run 80F to 100F, but usually accompanied by nights down to the 50-60F temperature range. Our relatively low nighttime temperatures make it hard to compare how our plants perform relative to other areas. For instance, "corn as high as an elephant's eye by the fourth of July" is a joke, and for warm season crops like melons, "50 day" varieties are more like ninety days. Seedlings from last summer's seed, in individual pots but unprotected, were not harmed by the 14F low and are now showing green new growth. Crinums are not common here, in fact I don't know of any others in the area. Folks who've moved up from California often comment, wondering why. Ken