Crocus August 2016

[pehe]

The Crocus season has started with an early Crocus suworowianus

Poul

[Yann]

wouah, that's early, is the autumn already knocking?
you have already watered crocus that they start?

[pehe]

Yann,
This pot is placed in an outside frame, and gets the water that nature gives it (and this has been very much this summer ) It is more or less autumn weather now and Acis rosea, Acis autunalis, Prospero auntumnale, Colchicum montanum, Colchicum alpium, Sternbergia colchiciflora are in flower while Sternbergia sicula are in bud. All of them growing outside.
I have not yet watered my pots under glass.

Poul

[ruben]

Superb poul!

Here is Crocus suworowianus (the white form) also in full flower. Here it grows in open garden, without lifting are any protection.
The lilac form is also about 2 weeks later.

[Yann]

Nice, i've inspected my pots no signs of life yet

[Janis Ruksans]

In my bulb shed C. vallicola, scharojani flavus and suworovianus has very long shoots, but in pots still not started blooming. Pots still are dry, but I will start watering after a week to 10 days. Colchicum parnassicum and kotschyi already finished blooming in boxes (in bulb shed).
Repotting I finished 30th of July. Crop was very variable. Autumn blooming species generally maid good corms, some even very large, but in several pots of pallasii group, sometimes even up to half of planted corms died. Spring crocuses generally maid smaller corms than usually, only many of biflorus group were very good, but not all. Surprisingly good was C. carpetanus - never had so good corms. I trhink that secret was in addition of peat moss in potting mix for them and some other crocuses which need loweer pH.
Janis

[Maggi Young]

Some super Crocus pix from the Australian Spring - here http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=14607.msg362996#msg362996, thanks to Jon Ballard

[ruben]

The second autumn (summer) crocus in flower. 1 week earlier as last year!

Crocus damascenus - collection from east Turkey

[Yann]

Not a common one, Ruben you got it from seeds?

[ruben]

No Yann, got it from Janis! The list of 2014 i guess

[Yann]

Missed it in the list  Hope you had a good day at the mid-Anglia meeting