Hi C-H's, RE: >>Everything..........(high desert, southern California) is at least a >> month behind schedule. >........everything in Northern California is also nearly 4 weeks late Well as Jim C. and others have said, things are unusually early this year in Flyoverland. I was out playing Peter Piper again last night and have ripe cayennes, habs., tabascos, etc. My overwintered Bolivian Rainbows are on their second crop. And you know it's Summer when the soil around your C. pubescens is littered with pretty little fallen purple flowers - despite your best attempts at pollination. Regards, Cameron.