Crocus February 2008

[mark smyth]

Hans how did your plants like 20c? Last year the flowers in my garden wilted during a warm period.

Here's a lovely Crocus seen in Englnd. C. tomm. 'Garnet'

[Luc Gilgemyn]

What an avalanch of great Crocus ! Mine are all over by now 

A great collection you have there Armin - your C. biflorus tauri is the one that tempts me most - beautiful !

Ibrahim - what a pleasure to see all these beauties in their homes - really exquisite !

Hans - with 20°C - do you have any snow left in Austria.

[johanneshoeller]

Mark and Luc, the mornings are cold here (-3°C) and this is good so. The snow has gone, but I take snow from the avalanches to cool some plants and I have to give them a shaddow. You can see how fast the plants grow (Iris, Crocus, Erythronium, Saxifraga, Primula,...). Some Androsace and Primulas have not survived the great differents between the temperatures, they dry up.

Hans

[Ian Y]

Wow - I am just catching up on the crocus pictures posted yesterday and what a sight and pleasure it is.
How beautiful they are.
I especially enjoy seeing them pictured in the wild and seeing the wide variation that they have, thank you Ibrahim.
 Armin you are well ahead of us at the moment but as you say one warm day will bring an explosion of flowers.
I am off to look at more snowdrops today, I wish it was crocus

[Staale]

My boss will not be very happy with my performance today. Have locked myself up in the office and taken a huge dose of Crocumania  during working hours. Fantastic pictures, everyone. I am really grateful to see so many beautiful forms.

[Thomas Huber]

  Here is my best one.
C. candidus orangino.

Ibrahim, many, many thanks for these photos - great as always!!!

Does Crocus candidus orangino grow near Crocus olivieri??
Both are in the same series and can possibly hybridise, so your finding could be a natural hybrid!

[Thomas Huber]

After two weeks near the freezing point we had a wonderful weekend with many
new crocus appearing in the garden. Here some impressions:

[Thomas Huber]

Some close-up's

Crocus angustifolius "Berlin Gold" - a pure yellow selection without any stripes.
Crocus biflorus ssp nubigena - always a joy to see these little flowers with the black anthers.
Crocus dalmaticus - originally from the Shaw-garden.
Crocus flavus ssp dissectus - grown from Crocus-group seeds.
Crocus rujanensis surrounded by "simple" Dutch cultivars.
Crocus chrysanthus "Goldene Sonne" - in my opinion the most beautiful yellow colour of all the chrysanthus cultivars.
Crocus chrysanthus "Saturnus" - a small but beatiful soft yellow with pointed star-like petals.

[Thomas Huber]

First photo shows a giant dark form of Crocus versicolor.
And last for today some selected chrysanthus hybrids found on my lawn.

[Tony Willis]

great pictures over the last couple of days.Mine are all finished for this year with the exception of pelistericus which is still to come.

[annew]

Fantastic, Thomas, but I'm a bit worried that the dreaded white things seem to be taking over your lawn.

[ashley]

 

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Brilliant show Thomas - your lawn is living up to it's reputation once again ! 
I share Ann's concern though - a lot of white popping out of that lawn... and they're not Crocus 

[Thomas Huber]

Fantastic, Thomas, but I'm a bit worried that the dreaded white things seem to be taking over your lawn.

  Me too, Anne - me too!!!

[mark smyth]

You must have the best show, Thomas. Mine are almost over with just a few late flowers. Some pots of vernus seem to stuck with the flower buds not progressing. I bought tomm Lavendar striped from Janis either in 2007 or 2006. The emerging buds look virused. Does anyone know for sure?

Thomas how did you build your rockery? What size are the stones? I would like to copy it.