Dear Mary Sue; All Lycoris have foliage FIRST, then bloom on leafless stalks. When you ask about bulbs that flower first, then produce foliage or the opposite I assume you mean in a "calendar year", not a 'growing season' which can range from fall to spring in mild winter areas. Lycoris definitely wouldn't fit the discussion category and I don't think Belladonna do either. Maybe there should be two lists compiled of those that flower first and those with foliage first based on a calendar year. And do we really concern ourselves with something like Scadoxus puniceus which blooms and immediately has foliage- like the next day! Perhaps we should restrict to genera or even species that have foliage and flowers in two different seasons - then we'd include Lycoris. Maybe a broad statement that foliage and flower are not in evidence at the same time, but have a sequence. In some one follows immediately or others where there are months between flowers and foliage. OR.... Catgories: A. Plants that produce foliage and flowers at different times/ seasons: 1. Foliage produced in a season before flowers ie Lycoris, Colchicum 2. Flowers produced in a season before foliage ie: Gladiolus carmineus B Flowers and foliage not synchronous, but one follows the next 1. Foliage falls as flower stalk emerges ie: ?? 2. Flowers fall as foliage emerge ie: ?? Just a thought. Others? Best Jim W. -- Dr. James W. Waddick 8871 NW Brostrom Rd. Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711 USA Ph. 816-746-1949 E-fax 419-781-8594 Zone 5 Record low -23F Summer 100F +