PBS members going to London will want to check out Kew's bulb map: http://www.kew.org/plants/bulb-watch/index.html V. interesting even to those of us not fortunate enough to visit Kew; I have a Fritillaria meleagris about to bloom, and I was surprised to see that theirs are still dormant. Max Withers Oakland CA Where Tulipa clusiana and the first freesias (hybrids) and opened this week and are now getting pounded with rain along with Calochortus umbellatus and the remains of Romulea monadelpha.