Hi all, The first bulbs to bloom here in my central North Carolina garden on New Year's Day are Narcissus 'Rijnveld's Early Sensation'. These were also my first bulbs to bloom this winter because they started blooming before the solstice. I took a photo and uploaded it to the wiki a few days ago. If you are interested in taking a look, here's a link: http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… I also saw my first snowdrops (Galanthus elwesii) and first snowflakes (L. vernum I think) today, but these are just getting started and are not making much of a display yet. Another early bloomer (a small tree, not a bulb) in the garden now making a very pretty display is Prunus mume 'Peggy Clarke' with small, but abundant, rich pink, semi-double flowers lining the otherwise bare branches. What else is blooming out there this winter, or summer, for those of you gardening in the southern hemisphere? Regards, Jay