Hi list, It's a brilliant, sunny spring day here in southern Germany, reaching 20°C, so I decided to do some garden cleanup: some weeding, some cutting back... so I decided to get rid of the dead leaves on my Kniphofia which is nested on a south-facing wall. Luckily I was'n too agressive, because all of the sudden I found a slowly breathing ball of spines below the Kniphofia leaves and some other foliage. I hope I didn't disturb the little fellow too much - it's time to rise up from hibernation anyway. Never let anybody tell you that exotic plants are of no benefit to local fauna - and never forget that you're not the only one who calls your garden home. Greetings from Germany, where we're in the midst of floral spring explosion with lots of Scillas, Narcissus, early Fritillaries and so much more! -- Martin ---------------------------------------------- Southern Germany Likely zone 7a -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: DSCF3617.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 3354567 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…