Dear Friends, We continue exceedingly wet, but it is a slow time on the bulb scene here. Crinum bulbispermum is just about done and C. x powelllii is at peak. A few years ago we planted 3 clumps of C. x powellii around the garden to see how they'd do without little or no protection in Zone 5/6. The ones in the wettest spot are almost dead, due I think to wet and freezing temps. But the plants in dry spots are great. One clump of 3 or 4 bulbs has around 12 -13 stalks in full bloom. A few misc Crinum are blooming too such as 'Catherine' and 'Cecil Houdyshel'. Lilies are coming and going - Orienpets are most obvious now and very showy, but shorter than in previous years. Asiatics almost done. Anthericum is a 'cloud' of hundreds of small white flowers. Lovely. All iris have gone to seed, and many geophytes are dormant. The summer heat is on, but it is very green and lush form all the rain. Adenium are starting up in the heat and annuals are pretty showy too. What's blooming where you are at ? Best Jim W. -- Dr. James W. Waddick 8871 NW Brostrom Rd. Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711 USA Ph. 816-746-1949 Zone 5 Record low -23F Summer 100F +