Hi, I didn't report the new items from last week, Scadoxus membranaceus and Pelargonium longifolium. http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… This week I'm enjoying Milla biflora which just started: http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… Eucomis bicolor and E. comosa http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… and Zantedeschia 'Blaze' which has been enjoyable for quite awhile, with giant leaves this year and the flower color changing slightly as it matures. This plant is interesting with different light hitting it. http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… Others blooming are Acis autumnalis, Allium flavum, Aristea ecklonii, more and more Cyclamen hederifolium and some others that I mentioned a couple of weeks ago. Speaking of "weedy" species, I also found some Crocosmia blooming in my garden this week. It reminded me of what we have said before, that one person's weed is another person's treasure. Crocosmia × crocosmiiflora is blooming all along the road verges this year. We had a longer period of rainfall so better flowering this year. It spreads too well by stolons that plunk down new corms as they go. I tried to get rid of all I could find in my garden, not only because it spreads and soon takes over, but also because my garden is relatively shady and very dry in summer so it usually didn't bloom, just spread. Getting rid of it requires vigilance, especially in the areas where it doesn't bloom as you may not notice it until you have a large patch. Another blooming plant is an Ornithogalum I grew from a dubiously named batch of seed from NARGS seed exchange. When Cameron McMaster visited me a couple of years ago upon seeing it, he advised me to get rid of it. It is true that it reseeds a bit into other pots, but it is relatively easy to pull out of those pots. It could be O. juncifolium but my plants don't have bulbs that sit above the surface like the ones pictured on the wiki from Pamela Slate, and the leaves aren't quite like the one identified as this species in the Eastern Cape. With occasional water this plant blooms for a very long time and stays almost evergreen so I'm keeping it. Mary Sue Mary Sue Ittner California's North Coast Wet mild winters with occasional frost Dry mild summers