Maybe Crocus goulimyi is one of those plants that doesn't like mild damp winters. Here in zone 6a it winters outside (and flowers reliably) in Anderson flats in a peat-rich soil mix. I'm sure it would be even happier in a grittier mix. Russell At 12:43 PM 10/18/2010, Jane McGary wrote: In that same garden, C. goulimyi barely survived the winter outdoors, never flowering after the first year, though very good in the bulb frame. Theoretically that is a Zone 7 area. I may try it outdoors here once I get the rock garden built. At present it's all in the raised beds in the new bulb house. Russell Stafford Odyssey Bulbs PO Box 382 South Lancaster, MA 01561 508-335-8106 http://www.odysseybulbs.com/