My Cyrtanthus is also blooming - in the greenhouse because it likely wouldn't survive outdoors... And today's 'gentle rain' has periodic snowflakes mixed in. If I'm lucky, I'll wake up to snow on the ground tomorrow morning! The property is completely surrounded by clouds, and I suspect that our Mt.Cuyamaca has a snow cover if I could only see through those clouds... Also blooming inside: several Lachenalia species, two Oxalis species, some Camelias, a couple of orchids, a lemon and a lime tree (and does the first morning visit to the greenhouse fill my nose with that wonderful citrus scent!) that live in containers and even one very productive Epiphyllum with about ten opening blooms. Marguerite - From the mountains an hour or so east of Ken and about 3500 feet higher! Southern California is definitely a place of differences! Another hour east and one drops into serious desert where there are more different and wonderful wildflowers blooming! Reports from desert visitors say that the Hesperocallus are carpeting the ground there this year. We are so lucky! Our garden club blog (DGCblog.org) has the first of several weekly reports on the current native plants to bloom here in our mountain community. > > > Ken > San Diego > zone 10-11 > where we are now receiving a nice gentle rain > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >