Dear Friends, Even without added rain, pots of Zephyranthes candida are blooming like crazy. They seem to fill gallon nursery pots every day or two from edge to edge. Here's a simple non-hardy bulb that requires very little effort and performs like a champ . I suppose I will thin the bulbs later (look out BX) and add some fresh soil. The star of the garden continues to be Lycoris. My first Lycoris squamigera started about the first of the month (Aug) and they are at their last ragged blooms, but there are still a few L. longituba, sprengeri and hybrids finishing up. The next round starring L. incarnata are about done, but the current round's star is L. caldwellii. The early ones are in full bloom and later blooming plants are still emerging from the ground. I 'think' emergence is based on a variety of factors. Rain is foremost, but with L. caldwellii at least I think there are other factors as well, but all water related - more or less sun, proximity to water sucking roots of trees, etc. At this rate I'll have 2 weeks of bloom on this species along bringing the season to a minimum of five weeks. I never count on L. radiata or L. houdeyshellii. These are the only fall foliage species to survive here and they are very uneven to bloom. I think they both need both more sun and more moisture. I know other people around here can bloom L. radiata every year in better sites. I must move these some time. With our summer still bouncing near 100 regularly and drought just the way of things, nothing else is doing much and even seed production seems reduced. If we get some rain I expect to see some fall crocus soon and reblooming iris. Anyone else still blooming Lycoris somewhere? Jim S, Kelly ? Best wishes. Jim W. -- Dr. James W. Waddick 8871 NW Brostrom Rd. Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711 USA Ph. 816-746-1949 Zone 5 Record low -23F Summer 100F +