Winter: November to March Snowdrops Galanthus elwesii I have one form that begins flowering in the fall and carries on through Christmas, but most flower in January and February. They are very variable if one takes the time to look carefully. Spring: March and April Little Blue Flowers (the flower equivalent of Little Brown Birds) - they started out with various names of Scilla, like S. sibirica and S. biflora and Chionodoxa luciliae, seeded, hybridized, and cover almost the entire half acre. I think it is safe to call them XChionoscilla allenii, but I'm sure you can't buy that - you probably have to produce your own. Erythronium dens-canis - my many named forms imported from Europe all seem to be the same pinky-mauve, but they flower a lot earlier than our natives, have nicely marked leaves, and creep to form patches. Anemone nemorosa - I have an unnamed form that produces very long rhizomes and therefore gallops across the garden. Most of my named forms produce much shorter rhizomes and therefore increase modestly. There are enough forms to interest a collector. Erythronium oregonum and a hybrid between oregonum and the pink revolutum. Beautiful upturned white or pink lily flowers, and dark- blotched leaves. These do not increase vegetatively, so it is a long wait for seedlings to flower. Trillium ovatum, native to my property. I need to protect its flowers from deer so that it can set seed. [I am not including Big Blue Flowers: Bluebells, Endymion hispanicus, which is winning my war against it] Summer: May to September Polygonatum x hybridum yes, it spreads, but it is so graceful with its tall curved form. It is delightful to see customers carrying pots of it in flower at local Mother's Day plant sales - all across a gymnasium, you can see the bobbing flowers, high above heads. Convallaria majalis - another spreader, but oh! the scent. Lily of the Valley is open for Mother's Day every year. I have two forms with striped leaves, and they don't spread nearly as much as the plain- leaved one. Summer to frost, which usually comes in November: Dahlias -A number of years ago I bought seeds of a scented one (Hy Scent) and a black-leaved one, and they produce masses of single flowers till frost, and occasionally seed themselves. Schizostylis coccinea, South African, like a miniature gladiolus in shades of pink, salmon, and red, plus a weak-growing white. Fall: September and October Gladiolus papilio - a rhizomatous South African. The flowers are drab shades, but there is a yellow one with a red blotch that I have on my want list. Diane Whitehead Victoria, British Columbia, Canada maritime zone 8, cool Mediterranean climate mild rainy winters, mild dry summers