Crocus January 2008

[Paul T]

Dirk,

I love all three of the species.  What beauties.  Only come across korolkowii before, but the others are just gorgeous.  Well that's two more species I need to look out for now!! 

[Katherine J]

I think this is Crocus chrysanthus 'Gypsy Girl', though I'm not sure, I received it from an old lady who has hundreds in her garden. Quite common, I think, but at this time of the year every "common" plant is welcomed here. But because of it is on the windowsill, it always bends towards the light, and I have to rotate it every day 
Nearby, in the same pot there are some Galanthus, but there are only buds now. I like to put many different bulbs in the same pot, it looks so nice if flowering at the same time! In last years I planted them out in the garden after flowering but now, learning from Ian the feeding , I will try to grow them in pots.

[ian mcenery]

Here are a some from me. The first Bowles White (thank you Thomas) C Corsicus and C gargaricus ssp gargaricus. Perhaps someone can confirm this for me and explain the difference between the two sub species

[Paul T]

Ian,

I have to ask...... is that definitely Crocus corsicus?  It looks to me more like one of the imperatii?  Different enough to have sprung to mind as soon as I saw it, and on going and checking pics of my own it definitely looks like what I have under that name anyway, not corsicus?

[tonyg]

Ian - your Crocus corsicus does look like C imperati de Jager.  See the pics earlier in this thread.  At least they are both nice ones and command the same price.

Below is a crocus I received as C cvijicii but it is actually Crocus angustifolius.  The price was fair for the plant I (we? did you also order it?) got but a pity the source was unable to supply correct names.

[mark smyth]

I ordered cvijicii last year to build my own stocks but it hasnt flowered yet. My own from a couple of years ago are now over. Did you buy from a UK nursery?

[Paul T]

Is the angustifolius really that orange, with such dark outer markings?  The picture is striking!!

[ian mcenery]

Tony you are right how did you know I had bought cvijicii but it hasn't flowered yet but I will bet it will be the same only one supplier offered this as far as I know.

I have also bought Corsicus from Janis R but this is not in flower yet. Here is another picture of the offending crocus showing the inside


Tony do you have a view on the gargaricus please?

[David Nicholson]

I bought Crocus cvijicii also, did yours come with the (is the word epithet?) kosanin? If so we probably bought from the same supplier, in which case there is a picture of it on his Web Site. Mine are in bud but not open yet, I will take a picture when I can.

[mark smyth]

They were too cheap to be true anyway. I suppose I'm, was it me?, to blame for promoting the web site on the forum.

[David Nicholson]

They were too cheap to be true anyway. I suppose I'm, was it me?, to blame for promoting the web site on the forum.

No blame Mark, overall I was very satisfied with what I bought. They are a good firm to deal with and I shall certainly use them next year as well.

[David Nicholson]

Lovely day here today just as Winter days should be, a good frost to start with and then clear blue sky all day. My front garden, unlike my back garden where my new bulb bed is situated, gets all the sun when it is available so at long last most of my front garden Crocuses were open for a change.

Here are a couple of pictures of Crocus chrysanthus Ard Schenk and being pollinated as well.

After further research I have corrected my spelling of this Crocuses name and established that it was named after a famous Dutch speed skater.

 

[John Forrest]

So that's where all the good weather is David. Some lovely Crocus pics below . There are a few pushing through here but all tightly furled due to the grey gloom.

[ian mcenery]

Went into the greenhouse about 1pm and found that the Cvijicii so called was flowering (I put one in a pot and the rest outside). Same as Tony's nice though and like most angustifolius has died out here - a slow death. I agree with David the firm that supplied these normally supplies good product be that it seems they lean toward Narcissus and  I have had no complaints. Might be useful to email a picture to them as undoubtedly they will have bought these in in good faith

Tony In relation to your earlier point re my posting of Corsicus strangely when I went to the greenhouse there were single bulbs of corsicus from another source and imperati suaveolens next to each other in flower. There seems little difference except the stigma is larger and more coloured on this corsicus and the outer of the imperati is more cream with the feathering

[David Nicholson]

So that's where all the good weather is David. Some lovely Crocus pics below . There are a few pushing through here but all tightly furled due to the grey gloom.

Hi John, the best day today for some weeks, I'd almost forgotten there was a sun up there. I sent you a PM a couple of days ago about Campanula Edward Forrest did you get it OK?