Dear All; There's essentially NO holiday bulbs or anything else blooming outdoors. Our only likely flower on a mild day will be the ever reliable 'Earth Nails' (For those unfamiliar with this charming name for Taraxacum!). Holiday bulbs are primarily potted Hippeastrum and Tazetta daffodils. 'Red Lion' is surely the most common cv, but this year a slew of 'new' cvs are available in the stores including a few doubles (from Hadco?) and a few oddities like 'Lemon Lime'. I got a couple new to me: 'Piquant'(Single, Salmon) and most interesting H. cybister (hybrid) 'Ruby Meyer'. Anyone have any advice or suggestions about 'Ruby Meyer'? I see on the WWW that it is a hybrid from Fred Meyer. Does it have any special needs or will it do with typical Hipp. culture? Tazettas here are generic 'Paper Whites' with a real cv name almost unknown except for 'Soleil d'Or'. We do not get the larger Israeli cvs in most stores. I do not grow these any more because of their over-powering scent. Just TOO much for me. Gradually the cool greenhouse will produce a few winter blooms. An odd season Clivia xcyrtanthiflora has already come and gone. A tender Scilla lingulata (is this still a real Scilla?) is in bud and lachenalias are coming up, but not showing buds yet. Tulbaghia come much later too so this is over-all a slow time of year. Potted Pointsettias dominate flower shops and grocery stores everywhere. Happy Holidays to all Jim W. -- Dr. James W. Waddick 8871 NW Brostrom Rd. Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711 USA Ph. 816-746-1949 E-fax 419-781-8594 Zone 5 Record low -23F Summer 100F +