The weather is "topsy-turvey" - it seems the plants don't know whether to come or go - and who could blame them? Here in N.E. Scotland summer tried to arrive today while the ground looked as if there had been a snowfall - the blossom is falling from the Sorbus! For the May IRG we escape to Rhodes to see orchids and other flowers there, from Gerrit and Iep Eikelenboom and, from Iran, we discover a new Crocus species formally described by Jānis Rukšāns. http://srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/… The IRG (International Rock Gardener) e-magazine is one of various free resources provided on the website of the Scottish Rock Garden Club. M. Young _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@mailman1.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/