Fritillaria raddeans must be one very adaptable plant! You're growing it successfully under conditions I would never have even contemplated. I'm growing it successfully under conditions (dry from late May until I begin watering again in late October) which would stress to the max the other plants you mention. Hmmm...maybe I'll leave some in the ground for the summer to see what happens. The name azalea comes from the tolerance some of those plants have for drought, so the azalea is plausible. Hellebores are tough plants, so they are plausible, too. And I've seen Lilium superbum growing in dry fields of parched, cracked soil. But I never would have thought to combine them with Fritillaria raddeana in a bed open to summer rain. At this point I'm pausing to remind myself that there is no arguing with results. And to tell myself that maybe I should try it, too. What's that noise? Oh, it's the Fusarium mycelia out in the garden screaming "yes, do it, do it - we love fritillaries". Jim McKenney jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, 39.03871º North, 77.09829º West, USDA zone 7, where the flowers of Magnolia stellata have survived brief freezing well. My Virtual Maryland Garden http://www.jimmckenney.com/ BLOG! http://mcwort.blogspot.com/ Webmaster Potomac Valley Chapter, NARGS Editor PVC Bulletin http://www.pvcnargs.org/ Webmaster Potomac Lily Society http://www.potomaclilysociety.org/