To clarify - Habranthus robustus, along with Zephyranthes candida, Habranthus martinez, Rhodophiala bifida, Freesia alba and cultivars, Hippeastrum, Crinum (they are getting very large), xAmarcrinum, are all grown in pots. Summer dormant (freesia and rhodophiala) remain in the greenhouse. The others all have a summer vacation outdoors. Hippeastrum spend winter dormant in the basement. Everything else must be shoehorned into the greenhouse which becomes more and more crowded year by year. Musa basjoo does live outdoors year round, up against the house foundation. Cut back for winter and heaped with dry oak leaves and given a plywood roof. Puzzles my neighbors down the road who crop soy beans, hay, wheat and oats. Has made bananas a time or two. I do use the leaves to wrap conchinita pibil made in the slow cooker, or packets of shrimp or chicken grilled in the toaster oven. Judy in New Jersey where this year the ticks are as much of an issue as the weeds _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…