Hi, Between storms for a few minutes at the moment as it seems to have stopped raining so we are probably in the scattered showers period for the rest of the day. So I went out to look at my soggy garden to see what looked the best. My experience with Tulipa is that it does fine with rain until it starts to bloom and after that the flowers fall over and sometimes some of the petals fall off and hail pock marks them. Perhaps it is dry for Angela when they bloom or they just behave differently. The new Anemone from Jane that she says should be in every California garden, A. palmata, looks great and so do a couple of Fritillaria. Gladiolus tristis is doing better that I would have expected although some of the flowers are no longer erect. Chasmanthe bicolor looks all right, at least from a distance. It is still standing. Allium hyalinum (one pot blooming since December) still looks fine. Narcissus bulbocodium is presentable and a tall Triteleia ixioides looks good from a distance. Not all the flowers look good close up. Some Muscari doesn't look too bad but the flowering stalks that have been blooming for awhile are not as attractive. Perhaps that would be the same without the rain by now. I find some of my Romuleas will look good between storms if we have a sunny day, but not all. Since my Moraea (Homeria sub group) flowers sometimes for a couple months with each flower lasting a couple of days, it will be fine on those days we don't have rain. Many of my South African bulbs that normally bloom in March and April will be pretty much a miss--Sparaxis, Ixia, Freesia, some Lachenalias, some Moraeas. Even though the Tritonias usually come later they are not looking good and my Ferraria is a bit sad too. I had some nice blooms of Babiana when we had a dry period in February, but the ones trying to bloom now are ruined. Some of my Delphinums are holding their own and some of the Cyclamen although other Cyclamen have sick leaves. I can at least be glad that we haven't had as much rain as Kathy (YET). I remember those years when we got 90-100+ inches of rain and it wasn't fun. Wish we could share with some of you in drought conditions. Mary Sue Mary Sue Ittner California's North Coast Wet mild winters with occasional frost Dry mild summers