Before this topic fades away, I wanted to share back with interested PBS subscribers that I checked with my sister, who lives in Sebastopol, California (the namesake of the one that used to be in Ukraine) about whether or not she has seen Lycoris squamigera blooming there. She and I have previously communicated about Amaryllis belladonna and how I wished I could grow it in Connecticut. She states that Lycoris squamigera does bloom there, and that its blooming signals the end of summer locally (kind of like goldenrod (Solidago spp) elsewhere in North America. She sent me a few pictures of it that she snapped with her mobile phone that are in bloom now as documentation. Now's the time, if anyone wants to make the trip to see them there. Jonathan Knisely New Haven, CT 06511 USDA 6a _________ Shawn, That's worth checking into. Sebastopol may have one of the highest concentrations of Amaryllis belladonna in Sonoma County but I have yet to see any Lycoris squamigera flowering there. Nathan At 07:26 AM 7/31/2014, you wrote: I wonder if the Robinetts grew Lycoris squamigera up in Sebastopol, CA, where it does dip into the teens Fahrenheit. I imagine one could see it and Amaryllis belladonna side-by-side there. Shawn Pollard Yuma, AZ