Crocus February

[I.S.]

  Armin,
I think you are right It is a C. flavus subsp. flavus. I have one form very close to this one just markings are shorther than!

[Melvyn Jope]

Thank you Armin and Ibrahim, I have just checked my notes to see where we collected the seed from and it was north of Alexandroupolis not so far from the border with Turkey. In my notes I put C.flavus?

[Janis Ruksans]

In my garden still is deep winter, but sun shines and in greenhouses temperature is rising. So I decided to take off winter cover and below opened fantastic flowers, which I want to show you. Opening was risky - tonight I'm going for current Crocus trip and just checked weather broadcast promissing minus 18 from 5-8th of March... Remain only to pray...
Here pictures of
Crocus ancyrensis from Tavsan Dag
Crocus atticus Bowles' White
Crocus herbertii
Crocus cyprius
Crocus hittiticus from Gulnar

Janis

[Janis Ruksans]

Few more pictures
Garden today and some autumn bloomers. This season winter came very early and a lot of crocuses didn't started blooming, so they did this now, below cover.
In this entry Crocus melantherus. Between those is one, which I got few years ago from John Fielding as double form. It bloomed twice with me but allways with normal, 6-patalled flowers. This season it tried to show its "double" nature - unfortunately under cover and so petals looks damaged.
Janis

[Janis Ruksans]

Some of Crocus laevigatus are blooming this season in spring.
One of most beautiful bloomers now is Crocus tauricus - you can see its variability. They are not hybrids, stock raised from wild collectted seeds (on Tschatir-dag, Crimea)
Janis

[ronm]

At last some sun,  .

So a few cultivars from the garden today, 

C. 'Blue Pearl'
C. 'Cream Beauty'
C. 'Tricolor'

From the many flower buds yet to open it looks like we may have a good display from the Crocus this year, 

[YT]

Some of Crocus laevigatus are blooming this season in spring.
One of most beautiful bloomers now is Crocus tauricus - you can see its variability. They are not hybrids, stock raised from wild collectted seeds (on Tschatir-dag, Crimea)
Janis

I love the creamy colour one, Janis What colour is inside, please?

[Janis Ruksans]

I love the creamy colour one, Janis What colour is inside, please?

They still are in bud. Hope to see after one week.
Janis

[art600]

Janis

I like them all - fantastic variation.

[ian mcenery]

One of most beautiful bloomers now is Crocus tauricus - you can see its variability. They are not hybrids, stock raised from wild collectted seeds (on Tschatir-dag, Crimea)
Janis

Lovely tauricus Janis I have seedlings from Archibald seed and I hope they are as nice

[Tony Willis]

Janis a lovely selection and very nice to see.

Another sunny day with no rain for a week now.

Here are two Crocus scardicus , the first purchased from Pilous in 1996 and in 2008 I selfed it (I was told this was not possible) and the second picture is the first flowering of the seed I got from it that year.

Crocus pelistericus

Crocus x gothenburgensis which has turned out quite nice

[krisderaeymaeker]

Janis a lovely selection and very nice to see.
Another sunny day with no rain for a week now.
Here are two Crocus scardicus , the first purchased from Pilous in 1996 and in 2008 I selfed it (I was told this was not possible) and the second picture is the first flowering of the seed I got from it that year.
Crocus pelistericus
Crocus x gothenburgensis which has turned out quite nice

Stunning again to see Tony .
Everybodys dream , everybodys favorites  !

[daveyp1970]

After having a superb day at Ray Cobbs here are some tommies in his garden.

A stunning red in the center



Bobbo

And some others

Crocus serberi midas touch

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Janis a lovely selection and very nice to see.

Another sunny day with no rain for a week now.

Here are two Crocus scardicus , the first purchased from Pilous in 1996 and in 2008 I selfed it (I was told this was not possible) and the second picture is the first flowering of the seed I got from it that year.

Crocus pelistericus

Crocus x gothenburgensis which has turned out quite nice

Fantastic flowers, Tony ! 

[tonyg]

The spring crocus frame looks good.  Would look better if the sun would shine a bit longer!

Crocus sieberi ssp sieberi when raised from seed produces considerable variation as can be seen from this potful.