I got a fabulous photo of a snow plant growing up through the asphalt up by Lake Tahoe this year. It was a good foot inside where the asphalt stated and broke the asphalt all the way around to push itself up. It was about a foot tall. Snow plants are those tall red stalks that have large red bell flowers close to the stem. Carolyn Eddy "Sweet Goat Mama" www.goattracksmagazine.com