Crocus April

[Tony Willis]

Janis beautiful sieberi. Just got back from Crete and did not see any,an early spring I think there.

In flower when I got home today Crocus pelistericus white form.

[Janis Ruksans]

Janis beautiful sieberi. Just got back from Crete and did not see any,an early spring I think there.

In flower when I got home today Crocus pelistericus white form.

It could be early, but you were at too low altitudes. C. sieberi are blooming there up to June, you only must walk higher and higher. Last year spring was very late and even lowest altitudes of sieberi were covered with deep snow.

Very good white pelistericus! I haven't such.

[Tony Willis]

Janis

it was my fourth visit so I know the area well and I have seen the sieberi there as low as the entrance to the Samaria Gorge on previous times. It was very dry and there was no snow even quite high. Most of the early spring foliage was already turning brown. On the plus side the tulips were magnificent the best we have ever seen them. The pluses and minuses of looking for plants.

[Tony Willis]

An interesting result from a cross I have made three years ago,first flowering.

I crossed a standard Crocus pelistericus with Crocus x gothenburgensis  (pollen parent) and sowed the resultant seed in one pot. In the original cross for the x gothenburgensis the seed parent was the pelistericus and the pollen from scardicus.

Two of the seedlings are now in flower

Pictures

Crocus pelistericus seed parent
Crocus x gothenburgensis cr468 pollen parent
Crocus - seedlings

[Martin Baxendale]

Interesting, Tony. And the depth of colour in that pelistericus! Wonderful.

[Susan Band]

I love the cream one with the lovely base
Susan

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Great job, Tony !  Super plants ! 

[de.da.]

Finally I can show you something nice ... Crocus sieberi ssp.sublimis `Tricolor`
Best regards, Daniel

[johnw]

And Tricolor is flowering here as well.  A few Iris and Leucojum, the latter self-sowing like mad.  Why do we not see such seed set and self-sowing with Galanthus nivalis here?

johnw

[Armin]

Janis,
congratulation to your new web pages!

Gerhard,
thanks for your reply reg. C. exiguus.

Tony W.,
wow stunning as every year Very interesting cross!

Daniel,
nice to see snow has gone now and finally spring has waken up in your region too!
My 'Tricolor' have shown no sign of life yet in the meadow - They always flowered very late with me but I worry a bit they might be another species which did not survive last years black frosts

John,
lovely clumps of spring flowers, I adore you a bit. Both I. reticulata & L. vernum became victims of last years black frost too.
Only Iris 'Katherine Hodgkin' survived and tiny shots appear this year. But certainly it last a couple of years to reach flowering size again.
 

[Armin]

Not too much to show this year....

C. vernus hybrid seed raised ex Botanischer Garten Wuppertal - thanks Gerd! I was hoping for this type. I like the goblet flower shape and the dark tip markings from its wild ancestor - After standing more then 3 weeks in bud stage flowers have suffered from snowcover and hail.

Another C. vernus hybrid group from same source. Tiny, compact and pale like a tommie. But lovely in my eyes.

C. vernus cv. King of the Striped seedling - this year only 2/3 of its normal size and only a view flowers. The others have only 1-2 leaves.

C. heuffelianus ssp. scepusiensis (or discolor) - seed raised ex Tatra mountains. Have hand-pollinated with the other vernus hybrid forms as bees haven't flown due the low temperatures (8°C). Only a view solitary bees were active helpers for the job.

[Armin]

more...

C. vernus cv, Jeanne d' Arc. Has not significantly suffered from frost but is a bit short flowered and tends to fall over easily if it is windy.
In the second image the typical fine stripes inside flower are visible.

C. vernus hybrid. I like the goblet shape, stripes and large size of this one. A nice seedling in my eyes.

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[de.da.]

Armin- maybe not much, but very pretty!
Dani

[Tony Willis]

Armin

very nice,vernus is a lovely plant. Yo are so lucky  have it so warm, 8c would feel like a heatwave here.

[ian mcenery]

Armin that deep blue vernus is such a lovely colour