**Aha! something is blooming that I actually planted and know what it is. My pink Amaryllis belladonna is blooming. I have others planted all over and they aren't showing a single spike. I also have two pots of Cypella aquatilis which have been blooming for quite some time. Other bulbs are sitting and waiting to see if I walk by and give them the kiss of death. Learning is a slow process for old people. :-) At 7:43 AM -0700 7/30/05, Mary Sue Ittner wrote: >this spring I told them if they didn't bloom in the fall they were coming >out. You guessed it. The spikes are appearing now. The bulbs have pushed >out of the soil I added, but there is more light in that area of the >garden. There also was a lot more late rain this year which could be the >difference. It will be interesting to see if others I have planted in the >garden bloom well this year. It is very early for me to have blooms. They >will probably bloom this year and then resume their no bloom cycle now that >they have their reprieve. -- susan, who is..... owned by Jasper & Schubert the Standard Poodles, Gracie the Rhodesian, Pup-Quiz the Basenji and their Basenji brother, Jones.... on the North Coast of CA, USA susanann@sbcglobal.net, copyright 2005