> > Hi All: After a very mild winter and very early frost free date the bulb flowering season got off to an incredibly early start at Chicago Botanic Garden this spring with most taxa averaging 4 - 6 weeks ahead of schedule through the end of June. Apparently many of the bulb taxa that flower after the summer soltice are more responsive to day-length than accumulated temperatures (degree growing days) because the flowering cycle has returned to 'normal' with one exception. Lycoris sanguinea 'always' precedes Lycoris squamigera at CBG by a couple of weeks but this summer they switched places. The heat/drought of this summer has finally been broken (I hope) with a return to a more seasonable temperatures (upper 80/lower 90 degrees F) with some nice slow rain showers. Fingers crossed that this weather pattern continues. Boyce Tankersley Chicago Botanic Garden