Jani, Excatly the same flowering time here in the south of France. This earliness cannot attributed here to warmer weather. I have no explanation. However, a a plot of nice bulbs planted summer 2005 under a Phoenix canariensis very near the sea has still not shown any buds at all this summer and last summer Kind greetings Lauw de Jager http://www.bulbargence.com/ South of France (zone 8 Olivier) Coord. Geogr.(GPS): 43°42' 43" N 4° 32' 12" E > My ones have finished for a week ago. Flowering occured 2 weeks earier than > usual, because the hot weather. Perhaps the bud forming is faster if the > weather is warmer Jani, Z5a, Hungary