COMPILATION OF CROCUS CHRYSANTHUS/BIFLORUS CULTIVARS

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‘Mariette’

– Yellow petals with 5-7 dark-purple stripes on the outer petals,
looking similar to ‘Gipsy Girl’ but has a brighter yellow colour and
bronze speckled base and stem.

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‘Saturnus’ 

- Yellow pointed petals with 3 purple stripes, softly bronze speckled basal blotch.
Opens star shaped. Has never set seed in my garden.

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‘Suzie’

– Can be easily confused with ‘Saturnus’ – but is smaller in appearance and stripes shorter.
Yellow pointed petals with 3 purple stripes, softly bronze speckled basal blotch.
Opens star shaped. Has never set seed in my garden.

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Yellow with dark blotch:

‘EP Bowles’

– Chromium-yellow petals with a purple basal block and 2 stripes running up to the apex.
Stem bronze speckled. Has never set seed in my garden.

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‘Goldilocks’

– Fragrant. Lemon-yellow petals with a dull purplish basal blotch. Stem olive-green in the upper half.
Often forms double flowers. Similar to EP Bowles, but with a brighter yellow.

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‘Canary Bird’

– Cadmium-yellow petals with bronze basal blotch on the outside softer than in ‘Goldilocks’.
Stem completely speckled bronze. Has never set seed in my garden.

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‘Sunset’

– Small yellow flowers with a dark purple-brownish blotch on the upper half
of the outer petals, lower part softly speckled bronze.

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‘Herald’

– Soft yellow large petals, outside nearly completely purplish with a yellowish edge, has a good seed set.

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‘Elegance’

– Bright yellow petals, outside with large brownish blotch, smaller than in ‘Herald’,
has never set seed in my garden.

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‘Zwanenburg Bronze’

– Bright yellow petals, outside completely bronze-coloured but still with a yellowish touch,
has never set seed in my garden.