Is that what determines bloom time for colchicums--heat? I always wondered why some years they bloom earlier than others. I wondered if soil moisture (or lack of it) also affected bloom time. On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 7:30 PM, Russell Stafford, Odyssey Bulbs < odysseybulbs@earthlink.net> wrote: > Many of the colchicums are already at peak here in north-central > Massachusetts, thanks to the second warmest June through August on record. > Leucojum autumnale has finished blooming -- last year it was still going > strong in early October. > > Russell > > Russell Stafford > Odyssey Bulbs > PO Box 382 > South Lancaster, MA 01561 > 508-335-8106 > http://www.odysseybulbs.com/ > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > Kathy Purdy, whose Colchicum 'Zephyr' were the first to bloom--on the north side of the house. -- Kathy Purdy Cold Climate Gardening: providing the information you need to succeed in USDA Hardiness Zones 4 and colder. http://www.coldclimategardening.com/ Blogging Art and Practice: YourBlogHelper.com