> > Any reports from other parts of the world of successes and plants lost to > the weather? > > Mary Sue > Hi all, I'm just 3 hours south of Mary Sue down the coast but things are a little different here (perhaps due to my not watering dormant plants until mid September). My massonias are done flowering for the season. Triteleia clementina had just opened 3 flowers and the rest of the spikes are slowly maturing. Allium cratericola started a few days ago and Allium hyalinum is just starting. Oxalis namaquana continuously puts out gorgeous yellow flowers. Tecophilaea cyanocrocus are going strong; var. leichtlinii just opened fully today but var. violacea is till leafing. I posted a few photos on my Flickr photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/xerantheum/ I am of course waiting patiently and anxiously for the many spikes which are starting to appear in various Freesia, Lachenalia, Allium, Calochortus and Tropaeolum. Around town, the introduced Allium triquetrum is starting and of course Oxalis pes-caprae are in full bloom. At the UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley, Lachenalia aloides var. quadricolor, Babiana odorata, Bulbinella floribunda, along with Crinum kirkii are in bloom. The aloes are spectacular so visit if you live in the area! In the Mediterranean Section of the garden a nice patch of Narcissus cantabricus is blooming and a few hundred meters away several patches of Iris unguicularis are putting up a fantastic show! Nhu A warm but way too dry Berkeley