Andrea: First let me say I have no experience with "full" bloom this time of yr. My expectation is that even in S CA, if you get fruit set, the fruit is unlikely to develope good quality. Certainly not this fall or winter because it is too cold for high quality fruit. It would have to carry over until next summer, which seems unlikely even if it doesn't freeze. Is the bloom only on the new flush of growth or also on older wood and spurs? I would expect that it is only or mostly the new wood. If so, you will have a nearly normal bloom next spring and good crop prospects. If all the flower buds have bloomed you will have no crop next yr. That seems very unlikely. Bloom on the new flush of growth after late summer pruning is normal. All the flower buds breaking now is very abnormal. The Fruitnut

I have GG Gerbing, George Tabor, Pride of Mobile, and Formosa southern indicas. They are just 2 - 3 years old and planted in partial shade. Last year I was greatly disappointed in the lack of blooms. This year, all varieties put on a beautiful blooming show. I wonder if the amount of water they get makes a huge difference. We watered throughout the drought last summer and into the fall. Not sure why they decided bloom so heavily this year. --Sharon

Love the markings on Epigeneium cymbidioides. Nice to have a few blooms after a long" famine". Thanks for sharing.

geum, campanula (various), hemerocallis (the early yellow species, lilioasphodelus?) verbascum, aubretia, linum arboreum, papaver atlanticum,, p.miyabeanii, p.orientale, nudicaule, meconopsis cambrica , pulsatilla alpina, erodium chrysantha, cerinthe purpurescens, phacelia campanulatus, legousia, glaucium corniculata, larkspur, gladioli byzantinus, tanacetum/pyrethrum,..most of these are in bloom in May/June in my sunny gravel beds.