I do grow Habranthus. And Atamasco lilies too. The habranthus blossoms fade an awful lot in our hot summer. I much prefer the pink zephyrs to them. They grow in the same conditions in my garden as my other rain lilies: full sun with water throughout the year. My soil is amended clay. Atamascos are particular favorites of mine. I have them on the eastern side of my house where they get morning sun and afternoon shade. This bed gets irrigation in the summer and, of course, our winters are wet. The foliage is bright green and glossy. It comes up in the fall and stands through the winter. Bloom is in early to mid spring. The blooms are beautiful: sparkling white with a chartreuse throat. They are very similar to crocus, but larger. I am planning this spring to divide them and move them into my white border. I have never seen them for sale. An elderly woman in our town gave them to me one spring. (She called them "Easter lilies" because they bloom around Easter.) She said they were growing in her yard when she and her husband moved there more than fifty years ago. Her house was one of the few structures left standing in our town after General Sherman came through during the Civil War. I had no idea what they were, and it took more than a year to get an identification. Thank you for your thoughts on my Grand Primos. I saw bloom buds rising from a couple of them yesterday, so I am hopeful that they will survive. I have only had them a year and they were showing several new sets of leaves this winter, so I was thrilled that they were going to increase rapidly.

Sylvan and company: Thank you! I will try the downsizing and careful watering. I got my Peace Lily as a wedding present 21 years ago--I really, really don't want this baby to die. It is at work now as my kittens bit the poor thing to shreds. So, seeing as it had some black leaves (as well as fang marks) I researched about black leaves and changed the soil and, oops, enlarged the pot. Now it is putting out lovely little green leaves--which are turning black and brittle. Another peace lily at work got frozen during a power outage last year. Its leaves turned black and many fell off/were pruned, but it looks great now. We are kind people, who hate to see something killed--that's why we struggle with these plants. A 6-foot tall dracaena at work was locked in an unused office for a month or so and nearly died, but I've been watering it and it is sprouting new growth. I feel great! :-)

Not sure if it is the same for all rain lily varieties, but I recently got a primulina bulb, and as I only have one, I'm certain that it re-blooms multiple times per season. So far that one bulb has put up 3 blooms! I am happily sowing the seed to make a little patch of them. I just snap the seed pod off the stem, leaving most of the stem to fade away naturally. Tom, that rain lily is awesome! It looks kind of like one I got in a trade that I don't have a positive id for. Do you know what kind yours is? Here's mine: Mine doesn't seem to set seed though, despite me trying to hand pollinate with a paintbrush. Would love to be able to propagate mine, any tips on how to get reluctant ones to set seed? The issue with mine seems to be that there is very little pollen. When I run a brush across it, very few pollen granules come off.

TJ - as said ... in nature the bulbils would drop naturally around the parent plant and take care of themselves without any human intervention. 1. If you have a yard - and aren't balcony gardening - and since they're already potted, bury the pot up to the rim so you won't lose track of where they are. 2. Maryland winters aren't cold enough for any extended period so a sunk pot doesn't need any extra protection. They survive here in Minnesota at 30 below for weeks on end and sprout in planters, cracks in the wall and just about any place they land. 3. Don't keep watering - they'll rot. The bulb has everything it needs. 4. Don't expect any growth this season. Next season, the sprouts will look like shiny, lanceolate blades of grass and do best in full sun. The second season they'll look like spindly little lily plants. 5. Planting them shallowly (just barely under the soil) directly in the ground would have been best since then they wouldn't have to be moved. They'll be a bit delicate for a few years and it'll be easy to break the stalk away from the bulb in handling.