Norman, The orange trees with snowdrops sound like a beautiful combination! I hope they come back for you. Here's some hope, the person I received them from said she plants them in full sun, and 'minimal' watering' in Summer. I'm in SFBay area's version of Mediterranean climate with temps in the high 70s-80s, today supposed to go up to 94F and zero rain for weeks now, till probably October if we are lucky. Think I'm going to do an experiment since I received 30ish bulbs. I'll put some in pots in shade near the house and water weekly to keep moist. And venture some in the spot I really want them to be in , which is an area with dappled shade but hardly any irrigation. Hopefully both will emerge! Best regards, Elaine. > On Jul 16, 2017, at 10:10 AM, Norman Woollons <normanwoollons@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have followed this thread with some interest and not a little trepidation! > > I live on an island in the Adriatic Sea - the real Mediterranean climate > and last autumn I planted 300 snowdrop bulbs under orange and mandarin > trees. They all came up and I had a nice display in the spring. I was > looking forward to them spreading and naturalising...... until I read about > the damp conditions they need. > > We have had 0.8mm (0.03 of inch) rainfall since mid May. My soil > temperature thermocouple, at 5cm depth, albeit in the open, not under the > trees, was registering +43ºC (110ºF) and the soil is dry as far down as you > can dig. > > But it was the same last summer and this spring my tulip, allium, crocus > and other bulbs all flowered. Most are under trees. > > I will report back next year and tell you what happened to my snowdrops! > > Norman > -- > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…