Lycoris squamigera - looking for bulbs and advice

[Biobella]

I know that  Lycoris squamigera will grow in my garden, because I hat it some years ago. Yet through various tragedies I've lost my plants before I could build up stocks.
If you grow Lycoris squamigera successfully, can you help me with advice and new bulbs, please?
I offer exchange with other plants and will refund costs for shipping.

[Hans J]

Hello Biobella ,

I'm not a good source for advices with growing Lycoris ...because I have lost my complete collection last winter/spring ...I think I will never more try it again
I had my L.squamigera from Bulb Argence :
http://www.bulbargence.com/m_catalogue/index.php?id_categorie=15
You can ask ...

hope this helps a bit
Hans

[wooden shoe]

Hello Biobella,

I find Lycoris unpredictable. Some years it does very well and other years it doesn't show up at all. They also need some time to settle in, sometimes 2 years, before you will see the first growth. Up till now I never had a flower. The best time to buy hardy Lycoris bulbs is the same as for daffodils, they do have more or less the same growth cycle. So July and August would be a good time. 
Bulbargence is a very good source, very good quality. Another source is Edens Blooms in the USA http://www.edensblooms.com/page/424983592. Very nice people and good quality too.
I'm also trying to grow hardy Lycoris from seed which I got from a very nice forumist. That also needs some time. After 2 seasons it finally takes to grow well. The first season was also unpredictable.
Lycoris squamigera is sterile and does not produce seed. Lycoris squamigera, longituba, incarnata, sprengeri and chinensis all survived -17C here, but they do not increase well up till now, maybe they need a more continental climate. I'm afraid I don't have a surplus.

[fixpix]

Hello
http://s87.photobucket.com/user/calinromania/media/Garden%20-%202013/DSCN9924_zpsd5e3de6c.jpg.html?sort=3&o=20
Is this the one?
I have a few in my garden, maybe 5 in total?
Now I think I have a lot of green leaves.
These die completely when dry and hot summer sets in but later if lucky I get a bloom.
Last year I had one or two stalks, can't remember.
Yes, for the firs couple years, there wasn't much to see.