Mary Sue Ittner a *crit : > Lee Poulsen has done a chart with rainfall for Italy to illustrate Angelo's > points. http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/… > "The months with higher rainfalls are actually November and March-April, > while middle winter is comparatively more dry." Dear all, This is also the pattern for southern France. The weekly depressions during the Septembre-Octobre pêriods are so regular, that I try to complete the majority of our plantings and sowings before the beginning of Septembre. The drier period 'generally' starts in Decembre and continues very often until the end of March. To illustrate: In order to keep the South African iridaceas going, we have now started to irrigate the plantings in the drier areas (as is the case in most years), while in the Mai-June period we have to very careful that they don't get too much rain. A beautiful spring here, with Apricot orchards, Prunus, Budleia and of course many bulbs species in flower. Kind regards -- Lauw de Jager BULB'ARGENCE, 30300 Fourques, France Site: http://www.bulbargence.com/ Région: Provence/Camargue, Climat zone: 9a Mediterranean, dr y July-August, peak rainfall in autumn, minimum temps -3-7°C (28-21F) Reference vegetation: Arbutus unedo, Olea europeaea,