Hi, We continue to have an unusually dry winter for us which is blamed on La Niña. We had no rain for most of January (one of our wettest months), but finally a storm went through with rain off and on for several days which brought us 10 inches (25.4 cm) of rain in that short period. And we've had an inch of rain in February (a couple of days ago). But mostly we've had weather like they probably get in southern California. Andwe've had lots more light than usual which no doubt makes some things I grow much happier. It seems there can be a trade off when the weather is unexpected. I remember years ago when Diane Whitehead was keeping track of things that could bloom in one year from seed that Sheila Burrow from Western Australia (someone who is no longer on our list) had some amazing success which we attributed to the greater amount of light she probably had in winter. A lot of people seemed surprised by my reports from mid January. Some of those unexpected bloomers are still blooming. I've looked up (briefly) some of these things and find that some of them are blooming a bit earlier, but others are right on track. In bloom now or very recently in pots: Allium hyalinum Arum purpureaspathum Babiana purpurea Calochortus uniflorus Crocus flavus, C. gargaricus, C. malyi, C. sieberi, C. versicolor Cyclamen coum, C. pseudibericum. C. repandum is coming up in various places including far away from where it was planted. I'm so grateful to Bill Dijk for encouraging me to grow the species from seed as Cyclamen seems quite happy in my climate and leaves are coming up all over the garden in places I didn't plant it. There is also what must be a hybrid in Cyclamen coum pot as there are several different looking leaves in that pot and some usual size C. coum flowers blooming as well as some giant ones looking more like the Cyclamen you see for sale. Delphinium nudicaule Geissorhiza inaequalis Gladiolus caeruleus Hesperantha cucullata, Hesperantha paucifolia, Hesperantha humilis, H. latifolia Ixia rapunculoides Lachenalia aloides quadricolor Moraea tricolor Muscari neglectum Narcissus cantabricus, N. 'Smarple', N. fernandesii Nothoscordum felipponei, unidentified white Nothoscordum/Tristagma (F & W Nothoscordum sp. 8485) looks a bit like this: http://chileflora.com/Florachilena/FloraEnglish/… Oxalis purpurea, Oxalis glabra, Oxalis obtusa, Oxalis versicolor, Oxalis namaquana Romulea kombergensis, R. tetragona Scilla greihuberi Scoliopus biglovii Spiloxene serrata, S. capensis Tecophilaea cyanocrocus var. leichtlinii, T. cyanocrocus Tristagma (Ipheion) uniflorum Triteleia hycinthina (a short form with only a short dormancy and a long bloom) In the ground: Iris unguicularis, Orthrosanthus chimboracensis, Romulea flava, Trillium ovatum, Cyclamen coum, C. pseudibericum Greenhouse: Cyrtanthus mackenii, Tropaeolum tricolor, Canarina canariensis, xHippeastrelia And seen out and about where I live various unidentified Narcissus, Oxalis pes-caprae Mary Sue Mary Sue Ittner California's North Coast Wet mild winters with occasional frost Dry mild summers