Here are some blue and purple flowering bulbs now open in my garden. Several of these were planted a couple months later than normal and all were delayed in receiving their first fall watering. Romulea linarsii - just opened the first sunny day in awhile Crocus minimus - one last bloom just finishing Scilla peruviana - just a few early ones starting to open Ixia rapunculoides - peak bloom in the plunge bed but still in bud in an adjacent raised bed Gladiolus caeruleus - past peak bloom, with one stalk still blooming in the sand plunge Tristagma uniflorum (syn. Ipheion uniflorum) - just beginning, started opening a couple weeks ago Iris reticulata - only one of the five varieties is open Freesia laxa - at peak bloom now, with the first early flowers already forming seed pods Two non-geophyte annuals in this set of photos I use as reference blue colors: Baby blue eyes and Cornflower. The color chart included in each photo is a way of precisely comparing blue hues. http://flickr.com/photos/gastils_garden/… There are also just a few Muscari which opened after the day I took those photos. The Dichelostemma capitatum are in bud. And a Moraea polystachya bud was tight this morning but I expect tomorrow it will open. - Gastil Santa Barbara, California 34.5 N latitude, 91 ft elevation, approximately zone 9b or 10a