Name: Susan Virginia (Zone 8a) God is the only thing that matters.
They are supposed to be hardy to zone 3. On DG a lady from Alaska said her's starts blooming when the snow is still on ground, kind of reminds me of a Helleborus.
Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Mat.6:28-29