> > >Length of day light - as it increases, many plants come out of dormancy. That answer does not address Chris' question: why are they blooming earlier than they used to? The length of day for each date has not changed, or at least not substantially. Randy Oliver *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm