My wrote: >>I'm curious if the current mild winter weather winter in this area is causing muscari to bloom early and narcissus, crocus, rainlilies and hyacinth to grow leaves and flower spikes? It's my first year growing these bulbs and I thought they don't flower till spring or at least in January or February. They bulbs you list should all be in leaf by now; that's normal for this time of year in our area. As for whether they should be blooming now, that depends on the species you're growing. I'm about 60 miles south of you and one zone cooler. In my location we have had almost no rain this season, but the weather hasn't been mild -- in December we had about a week to ten days of subfreezing temperatures (~20F / -7C) every night. I had damage to many subtropical plants in my yard, and the bulb pots were frozen stiff at the surface every morning. The actual damage, though, was mostly burned leaf tips. I was surprised there wasn't more serious damage. Everything is blooming on schedule here. I'm worried that the frost damage may have set back the spring bloomers, but I'll have to wait and see. Mike San Jose, CA Zone 9