Joe Shaw wrote: " About a month ago Jim M. wrote that Narcissus 'February Gold' was blooming in his Maryland garden." If I'm the Jim M in question, I hope I didn't write that! As it turns out, 'February Gold' usually doesn't bloom here until sometime in March. I did mention 'Rijnveld's Early Sensation' which more than lived up to its name this year: several gardeners here in the greater Washington, D.C. area reported bloom even before the end of the year. The daffodils blooming here now are Narcissus frigidus, N. glacialis, N. niveus (and the very similar N. nivalis) and probably Narcissus defunctus. My favorite is the exquisite Narcissus chalazoides subsp. evanidus forma pachnephorus - in the FCC form: it only blooms under the snow and its flower deliquesces as it thaws, so it's very difficult to photograph. If you like, you can blame the above on my being ice bound for several days. Jim McKenney jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, USDA zone 7, where ice now rules My Virtual Maryland Garden http://www.jimmckenney.com/ Webmaster Potomac Valley Chapter, NARGS Editor PVC Bulletin http://www.pvcnargs.org/ Webmaster Potomac Lily Society http://www.potomaclilysociety.org/