If one of them has already sprouted in the refrigerator, it's probably ok to plant it now, although it might grow really soon. But I'd hold off planting the others until December. On the other hand, you might want to check with a plant shop in your area more familiar with your warm climate.

Well now its yellow time and the forsythia and yellow daffs are in bloom. It seems that my memory was failing me last August. Most of the yellow daffs are no longer around. Not sure where they went. the white daffs help make it not as yellow as my memory thought it was. I have some low "groundcover" type forsythia there too. I think I might relocate them before they get too big. I planted camassia but they are not up yet. I tried a few icicle pansies, but they are ineffective. My phlox is not in bloom yet nor are columbines or anything else here. The only thing blue I have in bloom now is chiondoxa and hyacinths. I'm going to be hitting garden centers today. Maybe I will see something blue. But it looks like this fall I will be planting hyacinths. I think I will mark the spots for them now. If your forsythia are still in bloom, do you have any blue perennials in bloom now?

You aren't the only one thinking of ordering tulips. I'm thinking of alliums and tulips to order. I find that parrots are great the first year of bloom but subsequently, I find that they don't perform as well. As for the rainbow mixes - these look fine. Although it doesn't state in the in ad, these look to be Darwins which I find perform well a couple of years after. Just so you are aware, most tulips will eventually start to diminish in performance which is why yearly replacements are adviseable. They will definitely return yearly just not as great. (The Dutch regularly replace their tulips on a yearly basis) Here's a little trick, plant them by layering. I like to mix early, mid and late blooming tulips altogether in one hole. I do so by layering them and I also add some daffodils in the mix to deter rabbits. This way you will have a long bloom time period and it would resemble a living bouquet. Once all the tulips have gone dormant and you are left with ugly dying foliage, I would interplant pansies or other annuals to disguise the ugly foliage. Good luck. Ianna

Nothing wrong with the pics and they all look great. I remember those days of getting up early and trying to get in some garden time before leaving for work. Julia