Crocus in the garden March 2010

[Ragged Robin]

We have a sunny day here, though with a bitterly cold northerly wind

Cold and sunny here too but in the sun these first Tommasinianus Roseus popped up and opened for a few hours much to my delight and the bees who found them straight away - gorgeous colour 

Maybe with the help of the bees they will spread 

[Ragged Robin]

One of my favourites. First shots of C. chrysanthus "Blue Bird", nicely contrasted

Really striking Armin, a lovely crocus 

[krisderaeymaeker]

Today 2 "tommies" in flower: first 'Barr's Purple' and second 'Ruby Giant'

[Hristo]

Nice RR, great to see them up through the grass, I am guessing you don't have too big a vole population!
'Barr's Purple', always quality Kris!!

[Ragged Robin]

Thanks Hristo,  even though I only have a few they really stand out in the dry meadow grass and I love watching them open and close as they day progresses - the best news is that every bulb seems to have survived and no sign of a vole only a hole 

[Armin]

One of my favourites. First shots of C. chrysanthus "Blue Bird", nicely contrasted

Armin, 'Blue Bird' buds are awesome.
Really striking Armin, a lovely crocus 

Many thanks Mark Mc and Robin, 'Blue Bird' is a thankfully cultivar.

Robin,
'Roseus' is vertile and setting lots of seed. Good chances for a tommie meadow / pink carpet

[TheOnionMan]

Today 2 "tommies" in flower: first 'Barr's Purple' and second 'Ruby Giant'

Good shots Kris, I will be coming back to those photos in a couple days when my 'Barr's Purple' is out, and my previously posted mystery crocus (came as minimus) which looks like Ruby Giant or Whitehall Purple, so that I can compare.

[TheOnionMan]

Four years ago I started scratching in seed (in situ) produced on various named C. chrysanthus hybrids (I also dabbed pollen).  Last year I saw a few precocious hybrids bloom, this year many more are blooming.  The Croci in this particular circular bed (a "shrub ring") include C. chrysanthus 'Goldilocks', 'Advance', 'Blue Pearl', 'Prins Claus', and species fleischeri and etruscus 'Rosalind'.  Not far away (3 meters) is another "tree ring" with 8-9 more crocus varieties, the bees can get around.  The seedlings all vary, sometimes in subtle ways, but I love em all   The ones that show obvious influence from Advance have that unique pale coppery color.  Looking at my photo library documenting the past 10 years, my C. chysanthus types are blooming 2 weeks earlier than ever before, although the bees were already out and about.

[TheOnionMan]

And a few more C. chrysanthus seedling hybrids:

[hardytropicalguy]

I know this is not the most exciting species but I discovered these two clumps on the side of the house were I didn't think there were any crocus growing go figure.    c. tommasinianus

The first is pale and in a true color on my monitor but there is a bluish tinge to the naked eye that caught my fancy.

The second I will call the mega-clump for obvious reasons.  I counted at least 70+ flowers in another picture I took and the blossoms are layered so I am guessing 100?

[Janis Ruksans]

Sorry it should be Sveti Roc- thanks Mark. I believe it is named after the place it was collected near in Croatia. In Bulgarian 'Sveti' or Свети would mean 'Saint', the word for flower in Bulgarian Цвете would transliterate as 'Tsvete'. I don't know what they would be in Croatian, but it would be normal here to have a place named after a saint, or saints, such as Sveti Vlas, so Roc may be a Croatian saint.
I found a Catholic Saint Roch- so maybe this is it. The 'c' in Croatian alphabert could be for a 'ts', 'ch' or 'tch' sound depending on the notation above the letter 'c' the Roman alphabet never really transliterates well from from other alphabets.

Sveti Roc - I think that it mean Light Hill or Light Mount, may be Saint Hill. Sveti can be from slavic svetlij - light and from svjatoi - saint, Roc - can be fate, hill. I suppose that it was named by mountain on which it was collected, but may be I'm wrong.
Janis

[Hristo]

Nice 'back catalogue' of hybrids Mark! Impressive clumps hardytropicalguy.

[Gerry Webster]

Sorry it should be Sveti Roc- thanks Mark. I believe it is named after the place it was collected near in Croatia. In Bulgarian 'Sveti' or Свети would mean 'Saint', the word for flower in Bulgarian Цвете would transliterate as 'Tsvete'. I don't know what they would be in Croatian, but it would be normal here to have a place named after a saint, or saints, such as Sveti Vlas, so Roc may be a Croatian saint.
I found a Catholic Saint Roch- so maybe this is it. The 'c' in Croatian alphabert could be for a 'ts', 'ch' or 'tch' sound depending on the notation above the letter 'c' the Roman alphabet never really transliterates well from from other alphabets.

Sveti Roc - I think that it mean Light Hill or Light Mount, may be Saint Hill. Sveti can be from slavic svetlij - light and from svjatoi - saint, Roc - can be fate, hill. I suppose that it was named by mountain on which it was collected, but may be I'm wrong.
Janis

The information I have is that C.malyi 'Sveti Roc' (or 'Sveti Rok') was collected by Antoine Hoog (AH 8651) in  Croatia  "on the  road from Obrovac to Sveti Rok". You can find the road on Google maps.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Lovely hybrids Mc Mark !!  Some lovely shades there !
Nr 1 strongly resembles one of mine that I showed a couple of weeks ago !

[daveyp1970]

here are some self sown C.vernus hybrids these came from a garden that had crocus in it for at least 30 years,the owner game me a trowl and told me to help myself these are just a tiny few.