Peony season 2007 opened today with, as usual, Paeonia mascula. If you look carefully, color can be seen on some tree peony buds. Jim McKenney jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, USDA zone 7, where the inflorescence of Dichelostemma volubile is already about eighteen inches high, and I can see flower buds on some arilate irises - and Arum korolkowii is in bloom. My Virtual Maryland Garden http://www.jimmckenney.com/ Webmaster Potomac Valley Chapter, NARGS Editor PVC Bulletin http://www.pvcnargs.org/ Webmaster Potomac Lily Society http://www.potomaclilysociety.org/