What's blooming week of 16 January
Mary Sue Ittner (Tue, 17 Jan 2012 06:57:01 PST)

Robin,

I usually include in my signature wet mild winters with occasional
frost and dry mild summers when I say what is blooming, but this time
I just said California's north coast. I'm sorry. We are probably zone
9, but the information about when it rains is just as important. We
generally have no rain at all from some time in May or June until
sometime in September, October or November. But we do have summer fog
which provides some moisture to the leaves of shrubs and trees. We
don't have hot summers and that matters as well. I move most of my
bulb pots to the shade and don't water them in summer, but that might
not work in a warmer climate.

Mary Sue