Crocus February 2008

[David Nicholson]

Lovely pictures Michael and everyone else, boy are they coming thick and fast at the moment.

[Martin Baxendale]

Here are a few in bloom today.
 1 Crocus abantensis
 2    "      Medius
 3    "      Vernus 

C. medius flowers in autumn.

[mark smyth]

Michael good to see you are posting more photos. Your C. medius could be a C. tomassinianus

[Michael J Campbell]

Sorry it is C. tomassinianus albus, two labels in the one pot and I was in a hurry.

[dominique]

Thank you at all crocophiles who posted so wonderful pics with so ones we would have in our gardens all !
The first is a bulb sold as Crocus biflorus ssp tauri. I suppose an other error, tauri is more dark I think
After Crocus chrysanthus Warley and kosaninii

[mark smyth]

I was very lucky to be home today at 2pm and yet another warm day - 13c.

Some I showed last year but I'll show 'em again for all the new converts.

angustifolius
biflorus - I think they are wrong
chrysanthus 'Goldmine' - some gold mine! How stable is it?
korolkowii white form
kosaninii
minimus
pestalozzae
reticulata reticulata
sieberi tricolor
vernus ex Croatia

[mark smyth]

one last one - my eyes are killing me with this editing!

vernus ex former Yugoslavia

[Maggi Young]

Gorgeous photos, Mark... great to see the flowers enjoying the sunny day. That C. korolkowii white form is super, where did you get it?

[mark smyth]

The man I just slagged off  but this is the second time trying to get it. Last year's was palest yellow

[Maggi Young]

oops! Tee Hee!
 Rather like it, may have a go to see what I get!

[mark smyth]

Here are the two korolkowii - supplied '06 and '07

[Lvandelft]

Gorgeous photos, Mark... great to see the flowers enjoying the sunny day. That C. korolkowii white form is super, where did you get it?

Mark I studied your first series several time. What did Maggi see what I cannot see?
But the pictures are very beautiful!
Good that you showed the white korolkowii afterwards, now I see them too     

[mark smyth]

Maggi must have ordered one also

no, she didn't ;but she might, now!! m

[Thomas Huber]

Mark, that white korolkowii is a real beauty!!


Dominique - you're right, that white one isn't biflorus ssp tauri. Seems like
you've ordered from the same stock like I did - I have the same plants 
But this time the culprit is from Germany 

Also your chrysanthus Warley isn't true, see the photo of Luit van Delft
on the field of his friend. Yours looks like biflorus ssp weldenii "Fairy".

[Anthony Darby]

I bought corms labelled as korolkowii, but they weren't. Yours are very nice Mark and perhaps when my bout of White Fever* subsides I'll get round to ordering some? (*I tried the cure - huge tablets called 'Preparation G' - but for all the good they did me I'd have been just as well sticking them up my bum!!! )