Hi all, My colchicums are starting to bloom, so summer is pretty much over here. The first up were a few of 'The Giant' by one of the greenhouses, then scattered clumps of C. cilicium and C. byzantinum started to pop up. The last to bloom will probably be the C. speciosum naturalized in the front lawn. The Lycoris caldwellii are still in bloom, and they are the very last of my Lycoris to bloom. L. 'Sky Over Sky' is also in bloom, and looks much like the caldwellii. Jim Waddick, do you have any idea what the parent of 'Sky Over Sky' might have been? I think next summer I will have to separate the clump of 'Sky Over Sky' and some of the caldwellii clumps and line them out. They are too nice to keep all to myself. A couple weeks ago, I got my first bloom on Brunsvigia litoralis. I planted the seeds, received from Sliverhill Seeds, in 1999. Only one other bulb from that batch survives, and it has not bloomed yet. B. litoralis is not the most impressive flower I ever saw! A picture will be in my re-activated blog at http://shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/… if anyone is interested. The entry should be posted by this evening. My only bulb of Haemanthus dasyphyllus is trying to bloom, but I'm afraid the scape will not elongate out of the bulb. One of my Haemanthus [barkerae X coccineus] also had a failed first bloom attempt this season. That particular clone looks promising in any case, as it is much larger than its siblings. Jim Shields in Westfield, Indiana USA ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 or toll-free 1-866-449-3344 in USA