Jane McGary described her success with Iris 'Sindpers'. This handsome cultivar is blooming here in the greater Washington, D.C. area now, too. Only today I got an email from one of my gardening friends who mentioned that the first flowers opened today for her (and as I recall, she got it from Jane). I no longer grow 'Sindpers', but about twenty-five years ago I bought one from an English dealer. It was the first "expensive" bulb I ever purchased, costing all of $10. Out in the garden, Crocus fleischeri is blooming now. The plant in the protected cold frame bloomed long ago. Jim McKenney jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, USDA zone 7, where Crocus imperati 'de Jager' has sent up a second flush of bloom. My Virtual Maryland Garden http://www.jimmckenney.com/ Webmaster Potomac Valley Chapter, NARGS Editor PVC Bulletin http://www.pvcnargs.org/ Webmaster Potomac Lily Society http://www.potomaclilysociety.org/