Dear All, I have added a few more pictures of bulbs I have seen while out walking in my area that my husband has photographed. For weeks we have seen Allium unifolium growing in the grassy areas: http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/… http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/… I know it is widely grown and considered weedy by at least one of our UK list members, but I thought it might be interesting to see it as it grows in the wild. We have also seen some Calochortus lately in the wild. The late Calochortus in my garden are blooming now that it has stopped raining. Some of them were really not very happy with all our rains and I remembered Diana saying she was growing a lot of them in the greenhouse. Perhaps I need to shelter some of the species. I refer you to the Calochortus wiki page. http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… One of the new ones added was Calochortus amabilis that we saw on an open hillside. Bob climbed up to get a better picture and it wasn't until I looked at it on the computer that I saw some interesting red markings. The ones I grow are pure yellow. Mine are blooming right now and I'll try to get a picture for comparison. The wildflowers on two points next to the ocean have been fabulous this year. I was tempted to load a few pictures to the wiki just so you could appreciate how glorious it was. Last week we found Calochortus tolmiei blooming on the rocks overlooking the ocean. This is often a VERY windy area so things are low. There is a lot of variation in this species. Mark Mazer has a beautiful picture on the Wiki. We went back today to see if the Allium dichlamydeum growing in the same spot was open yet. Most of the Calochortus were gone and hard to find. There are thousands of Allium buds, but only a few opening. I saw some Allium buds coming up in the middle of Armeria maritima. I almost missed them since the Armeria flowers are pink. Companion plantings suggestion? Mary Sue
