hi Diane thats is a fantastic reply to really make me want to go to the mountains. Everyone When I have my itinery planned I would like to hear about private gardens too. thanka again for all the input Mark N Ireland zone 8 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane Whitehead" <voltaire@islandnet.com> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 12:45 AM Subject: Re: [pbs] visit to the US > Mark, > > Wild is better than gardens. > > The redwoods in northern California. No more need be said. > > The Siskiyou Mountains along the border between Oregon and > California. Lots of endemics. Every road has different flowers. If > you see something in flower, photograph it instead of waiting for a > better one, because you might not see another one. You could spend > the whole season there. I saw Trillium rivale in flower March 1, and > erythroniums follow soon after. April and May are fantastic - more > trilliums, erythroniums, iris, alliums, calochortus, with the air > perfumed by hillsides of Rhododendron occidentale in bloom. The > summer brings lilies and alpine plants at higher elevations. There is > a wildflower show in a community hall in Glide, Oregon, on the last > full weekend of April every year. http://www.wmni.net/magyan/GWS.htm > Either go there first to see what the plants should look like, or go > there after to identify everything you've photographed. There is one > sample of everything from lichen to trees, and endangered plants are > represented by pictures. Everything is labelled. Photographers are > allowed in early. > > There is a wildflower hotline for early spring desert flowers, but > I'll leave someone else to write about that because I haven't been > yet. > > -- > Diane Whitehead Victoria, British Columbia, Canada > maritime zone 8 > cool mediterranean climate (dry summer, rainy winter - 68 cm annually) > sandy soil > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > >