Lynn, Not sure if you picked up on Ric's post about where we planted them. But we just took the bulbs out into the garden and planted them in the ground next to the hardy bananas which is right next to the compost pile. So they had great soft rich soil to grow in. I will say that I didn't treat them very well. Last year I had given them to several family members and friends as Christmas presents. After they bloomed I picked most of them back up they were pretty much all in glass jars with stones. They went into an upstairs room and were mostly ignored with a little watering from time to time. When I took them outside and planted them in the ground they were rather ratty looking but the bulbs were nice and solid. I was happy to see them grow nicely over the summer and this Fall around the beginning of Sept I dug them up. Cut off the top and stored them in open trays till the end of Nov when I potted them up in soil. The bulbs were huge and root systems strong. Of the 9 bulbs I planted all of them are going to bloom and there are quite a few babies that are growing. It will be interesting to see how long it will be till the babies get to blooming size.
