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fermi de Sousa

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Re: Crocus - July 08 SH
« Reply #45 on: July 29, 2008, 09:39:11 AM »
I've just had the first flower on Crocus flavus from seed, but the flower was lying on the ground due to the frost this morning!
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Maybe it'll still be around by the weekend when I can take a pic of the flower open? Maybe not!
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Re: Crocus - July 08 SH
« Reply #46 on: July 29, 2008, 10:10:47 AM »
Fermi,

Congratulations!!  Well done.  Lovely picture of the frost on the leaf too.  I think that the rain of last week has brought some things on crocus-wise.... I've had C. saturnus pop up and open this week out of nowhere, and C. minimus put up buds on Monday (they weren't there on Sunday) but they still haven't fully opened as yet.  This was particularly pleasing for me as I nearly lost minimus a couple of years back when about 90% of the corms died off one year.  Having it back to flowering again is a big relief.  Not quite the same as first time from seed though Fermi!!  You must be pleased! 8)
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Re: Crocus - July 08 SH
« Reply #47 on: July 30, 2008, 10:51:42 PM »
Poor old 'Hubert Edelsten' just can't open up because of continual drenching. Isn't there a song that goes "The rain it raineth every day?" Well it sure doth.

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Re: Crocus - July 08 SH
« Reply #48 on: July 31, 2008, 10:23:15 AM »
Good luck Lesley.  No signs of Hubert here yet, although I haven't checked tags on other varieties that have leaves but no buds as yet.  Still only got one and a bit corms of him, so will be many many years before I ever get a display like yours, sunshine or no sunshine!!

Sunshine here the last couple of days has finally matured the Crocus minimusbuds that appeared overnight on Sunday night.  Finally got them to open today.  One of my absolute favourite species because of the outer markings, and I just love that from the outside when closed you'd expect it to perhaps be white, when it is actually such a strong lavender colouration.  Beautiful!!!!!  particularly satisfying as I nearly lost it a few years ago and have managed to build it back up to flowering size now.  Hopefully will thrive and get lots of flowers next year.
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Re: Crocus - July 08 SH
« Reply #49 on: July 31, 2008, 12:36:12 PM »
Beautiful crocuses everyone; thanks for sharing them with us. 

Paul, those minimus and corsicus are exquisite.  Well done too on the new bulb garden 8)
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Re: Crocus - July 08 SH
« Reply #50 on: July 31, 2008, 01:28:51 PM »
Lovely to see the SH crocuses folks. Sorry to see you are getting a lot of Devon weather Lesley. It started raining here at lunchtime yesterday and hasn't stopped yet!
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Re: Crocus - July 08 SH
« Reply #51 on: July 31, 2008, 08:21:23 PM »
Paul,
indeed a very beautiful C.minimus.

Lesley,
hope you will get more sunshine so that Hubert Edelsten will open buds. Very beautiful.
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