Dear John, You asked: > Can I assume the best time to repot these delphiniums is going to be at > the end of this summer, before they wake up again? Once I have the Delphiniums in a pot sized to suit them, I have sometimes left them there for a number of years without repotting them. Delphinium cardinale needs a much bigger pot (in my experience) than D. hesperium. I have noticed they seem to respond to water as to when they start back in growth again. Usually I have not forced them into growth, but just waited for the rain to wake them up. But I have thought that I might be able to extend the blooming season if I started them into growth at different times. I think repotting the end of summer or in the fall either one would be fine. About half of the ones I have in pots have sprouted and I expect the others to appear this month or next. A couple in the ground have appeared too, but most of them have not. Mary Sue Mary Sue Ittner California's North Coast Wet mild winters with occasional frost Dry mild summers