Thanks for the replies. I'm wondering if I submerge them like the phil. orchids would that help. Mardy - was it the short gloriosa you used ? I've never had a problem with the long gloriosa either but this was the short stuff I was using. I hate it when things happen that you don't understand why - I loose confidence in using them and I love using the gloriosa so I don't want that to happen.

I'm just starting to get over my delphinium phobia after bad experiences about 3 summers ago.

Flowerfool