Scilla scilloides started to bloom today. I checked my notes from last year, and it was blooming on September 8 then (and probably had been in bloom for a few days by then). So it begins to bloom here a few weeks later than in more northerly areas. Also, my apologies for the confusing subject line in my earlier post on Tropaeolum. Jim McKenney jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, 39.03871º North, 77.09829º West, USDA zone 7 My Virtual Maryland Garden http://www.jimmckenney.com/ BLOG! http://mcwort.blogspot.com/ Webmaster Potomac Valley Chapter, NARGS Editor PVC Bulletin http://www.pvcnargs.org/ Webmaster Potomac Lily Society http://www.potomaclilysociety.org/