Hello -- I've been doing some research on Hesperantha coccinea--I'm writing a short article on it for gardeners in the Pacific Northwest. I've run across something curious and wanted to see if any of you could enlighten me. The S. African websites that I have looked at say that it is a summer or late summer bloomer--plantzafrica.com says that "flowers are borne in profusion in summer during the warm and wet months between December and April." Isn't that analagous to July–October in the northern hemisphere? Here in Seattle it begins blooming in October and goes through December or January. It occasionally pops out a few flowers in early spring. It's perfectly hardy and evergreen, and makes a nice addition to the early winter garden. It is from the eastern Cape, so has rainfall in summer. Since we get no rain in summer--our rain usually starts in October--is it the rain that stimulates the flowering, rather than the temperature? Do any of you US gardeners with summer rain have a different experience? Mary Seattle USDA zone 8