What's blooming
James L. Jones (Mon, 23 Jul 2012 17:02:09 PDT)

Blooming now:

Begonia sinensis is smaller and lighter in leaf and flower than B. grandis and blooms 3 weeks earlier. It only survived this past unusually open winter in more protected spots, while B. grandis was unaffected.
http://flickr.com/photos/72507839@N02/…

Crocosmia paniculata has survived for me where C. masonorum has not, due to greater hardiness I assume. It has taken forever to get back to flowering after I divided it too assiduously.
http://flickr.com/photos/72507839@N02/…

Also: Cyclamen purpuascens, touch and go from year to year; Lilium leichtlinii, relatively resistant to Lily Beetle (as is L. formosanum); Eucomis montanus; and lots of onions, the most interesting perhaps being a good white form of Allium cernuum.

Jim Jones
Lexington, MA