In coastal northern California there are a number of bulbs blooming in the ground, in raised beds, in pots exposed to the elements, and in the greenhouse. For me it has been a matter of finding species that work for me rather than genera. The Oxalis are continuing to put on a show although some of the early flowering ones are done and new ones recently starting. Oxalis luteola is particularly nice at the moment. Although I don't do well with all the Cyclamen species, a number of them I grow very successfully in containers and in the ground although they don't seem to bloom quite as well in the ground. Cyclamen cilicum and C. hederifolium are still blooming. I've had blooms from these two species since July and August. I have too much shade in my garden to grow many of the wonderful Narcissus cultivars, but this time of year I really appreciate Narcissus cantabricus which started blooming in October and will probably last through December. Like Mike Mace I've have Moraea polystachya in bloom. It's been blooming since September. It usually gets stopped by the cold and rain in late December or early January. Ones I've grown in the ground are either gone or staying underground, but the raised beds where I grow bulbs in large containers sunk in containers seems to work well for them. I think the soil does not dry out quite as much as in the ground which seems to suit them. Fall blooming Crocus continue to bring me happiness with one species following another. In bloom right now are Crocus niveus with its large white flowers, Crocus ochroleucus, Crocus longiflorus, and another purple one grown from seed that is supposed to be C. asumanie, but is a rich violet, when that species is described as almost white so is probably something else. Although I have at last figured out how to get my rescue Nerines to bloom well thanks to this list by leaving them year round in my greenhouse and watering them when dormant and have summer growing species in pots growing outside where they are partially sheltered from the winter rain, they are mostly done. The only ones I can grow in the ground are flowering now, Nerine pudica and Nerine humilis. Haemanthus albiflos started blooming in October and is still growing strong, growing outside in my lath area and two I grow in my greenhouse, Haemanthus paucifolius and H. deformis are just starting. Cyrthanthus mackenii hybrids are blooming too. I have a Strumaria and a Hessea in bloom, but even though the flowers are lovely, they are best admired with a hand lens. More spectacular at the moment are the several pots of Massonia pustulata. Since I have too pots and am trying to cut back, I try to limit the number of pots I grow of anything, but I must confess to having more than two pots of these since they are favorites. There are a number of Lachenalia (Polyxena) species blooming and one Lachenalia rubida in bloom in my raised beds. Two early blooming Freesia species are in bloom. and Romulea hallii is set to open shortly. And I am thrilled to report that it looks like I'm going to have three Brunsvigia grandiflora bulbs bloom this year. Since this is the third year in a row that it has bloomed (in a container, sunk in a container in the ground) and most of the Brunsvigias I have grown from seed have never bloomed, I am quite pleased. Iris unguicularis is blooming and an Orthosanthus from Mexico that blooms off and on during the year. In the unusual time to bloom category I have a low growing form of Triteleia hyacinthina, and have had a few blooms from Calochortus uniflorus already and a lone Hesperantha pauciflora. This is supposed to be a late winter, spring species so I suppose it could be something else as I grew it from seed, but strangely there is usually a couple of them that bloom in the fall and the rest of them in the spring. Also looking quite strange is a lone Gladiolus carmineus blooming in the middle of the long leaves that appeared after all the others finished blooming in a clump that has expanded over time. I grow a number of wonderful South African Ericas in my garden. They bloom at various times throughout the year, but there are some really nice ones in bloom at the moment. Mary Sue Mary Sue Ittner California's North Coast Wet mild winters with occasional frost Dry mild summers