Hi, Some of the Brodiaeas that are not tall bloom late too, like Brodiaea terrestris. But it often blooms in pathways and other areas where the grasses are lower. It's still in bloom here now. The native Allium species I grow are really variable. None of them bloom in the beginning of the growing cycle, but some of them bloom early spring and some late spring to summer. We observed Allium dichlamydeum in the wild today and some of the flowers are still in bud. There are California monocots that are late to emerge and bloom earlier in their growth cycle. Some people might argue whether all of them can be considered bulbs. Scoliopus comes to mind here. In the wild it has been seen in bloom in January and February. Cardamine which has tubers is an early bloomer too. Some coastal Erythroniums emerge January to February and bloom a few months later. Our local Trillium and Calypso orchids bloom relatively quickly after they emerge. Lilium species however are summer bloomers. The Fritillarias I have seen locally are spring bloomers so they behave more like Erythroniums, but come up a little earlier in my experience. I don't know a lot about the pollinators but I guess that when our "bulbs" bloom would have to do a lot with when the setting of seed is most likely to be successful. I think butterflies are pollinators for some of the bulbs in the Brodiaea complex (Brodiaea, Dichelostemma, Triteleia) and you see them more active after it gets dryer and warmer. Mary Sue Mary Sue Ittner California's North Coast Wet mild winters with occasional frost Dry mild summers