I have about a dozen, all planted in the ground after the holiday bloom. They would bloom about the end of May/first part of June. Nothing special needed. Last summer I wanted something else in that space, so I potted them all up in one gallon nursery pots and put them in my cold frame. They all bloomed about the same time in June. I have now replanted them in a more protected part of the garden. Some I have had for ten years, and have harvested for more bulbs. Al

Mine have formed colonies. They do great in the ground. I don't even water them. You do have to watch for snails/slugs.

Yup, but for me in my yard, they scream, "Hey snails, here I am, come and get me!!" Stripped just about overnight. Worst snail magnet in my yard. Boo.

Patty S.

I have kept mine in pots, with occasional repoting. In summer they set out and I water almost daily. In winter they are in my hot house and start blooming for Christmas and sometimes a second time. Snails do love them.

Penny

My mom gave me a dozen of them to line a walkway twenty years ago. They lived there until it got too shady, then I moved them three times to different locations where it got too shady. This is where they have been for about a month:

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I wonder if it is possible to kill the things.
Renee

Thanks everyone. OK, so they'll be fine here in the ground.

I think I'll plant it on the east side of our patio where it will get morning sun. We don't get a lot of slugs/snails but I'll keep an eye out. I don't want a big swath of big droopy leaves when they start to fade, so maybe I'll just keep one and see how it does.