My plant of Amaryllis belladonna has grown well and formed a clump; it experiences no winter foliage damage whatsoever and seems to be thriving. It's been in place for three and a half years. But I have yet to see a flower. I just checked the clump carefully and there is no sign of action. Other compensations: Iris dichotoma, Scilla/Barnardia japonica (S/B scilloides), Rhodophiala bifida and Begonia grandis are blooming. Also blooming is little Begonia sutherlandii, but for now this one is a pot plant rather than a garden plant. Habenaria radiata (by whatever name) bloomed beautifully this year. There is a nice healthy plant of Hesperaloë parviflora here; I thought it was big enough to bloom, but so far it has not. Manfreda virginica bloomed but did not set seed. This one is for your, Dennis: two weeks ago I was out in the country in western Virginia where the roadside verges were in places white with the big flowers of Ipomoea pandurata. This is so pretty that I think we should call it Girl of the Earth rather than Man of the Earth. I don’t think anyone else in my gardening circle knows or grows this stunning plant. Jim McKenney jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, 39.03871º North, 77.09829º West, USDA zone 7 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/