Not all Hyacinthoides lingulata follow these described growth pattern of blooming a month after showing leaves, some bloom before the foliage emerges. i posted some photos of various different forms of Hyacinthoides lingulata on the SRGC forum over the past few months and there is a bit of discussion as well. http://srgc.net/forum/index.php/… Rimmer de Vries SE Michigan Continental zone 5 On Oct 19, 2013, at 9:53 AM, M. Gastil-Buhl <gastil.buhl@gmail.com> wrote: > In mid-October most of my bulb garden is bare but a few recent > acquisitions are currently in bloom. The Hyacinthoides lingulata > opened its first blooms yesterday morning, a month after the leaves > emerged, just as predicted on the wiki page > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… > > My own photos of these blooms from the past week are here: > http://flickr.com/photos/gastils_garden/… > > It is nice to have some bulbs in bloom during this digging and re- > planting time. > > - Gastil > Santa Barbara, approximately zone 9b or 10a > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/