I can only speak for here in this particular garden. The bulb was originally planted, presumably, with its base ~9 inches down (~20 cms). The clump lifted was one spherical ball with the base at approximately the same depth, but the top exposed. I would expect bulbs in the wild to do something similar if in stony or heavy soils. Presumably self sown bulbs would pull themselves down, if the soil is loose enough. Brian Whyer, SE UK ------ Original Message ------ From: "Shmuel Silinsky via pbs" <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> Cc: "Shmuel Silinsky" <gardenbetter@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, 14 Oct, 21 At 09:12 Subject: Re: [pbs] Amaryllis belladonna I remember A belladona in California growing at the surface. Here in Israel the suggestion on the packages says to plant the bulbs deep. Any thoughts on that? I know contractile roots will bring a bulb down, but will they raise up somehow if too deep? Shmuel Silinsky Jerusalem Israel Zone 9b _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>