April 2015 in the Southern Hemisphere

[Otto Fauser]

and 3 more

[Anthony Darby]

That's not your bog standard Crocus mathewi Otto.

[Jupiter]

Beautiful plants Otto. You are in inspiration... I have some oxalis palmifrons in a pot which I'm tempted to poke in the rock garden somewhere. What do you think? I hear they grow more compact and symmetrical in an exposed position between rocks.

Otto I dream of being able to grow Gentians! Do you think G. paradoxa might survive here?

[fermi de Sousa]

... I have some oxalis palmifrons in a pot which I'm tempted to poke in the rock garden somewhere. What do you think? I hear they grow more compact and symmetrical in an exposed position between rocks.

You'll live to regret it if you do! It's one of my favourites, but is strongly stoloniferous and will get away.
Keep it potted or maybe plant it into a trough which you don't mind being swamped by it. We made th mistake of planting it into a bed which is almost a trough and it filled the planting area and is constantly trying to escape where it can get into the surrounding soil.
The androsace is another favourite which survived many years of extreme heat but finally succumbed a few years ago.
Otto, as Anthony says, that is a great crocus!
cheers
fermi (en route to home after 2 weeks away - 1 week without Internet!!!)

[vivienne Condon]

Just a few Crocus out in my garden at the moment, the 1st Crocus hadriaticus is from Marcus's seed collected in Greece in 2010, the second Crocus hadriaticus I'm not sure where I came by that one. A lovely big clump of the common Crocus serotinus sub.sp salzmannii which can grace my garden any day. Not quite up to your high standards of Crocus Mathewii Otto but it will have to do.
Hoping to bring my partner Ray home from hospital tomorrow all being well.

[Maggi Young]

Vivienne, beautiful Crocus  - and a sign, I think, of how flowers can cheer us, even when we have our minds on other things - you have clearly found pleasure in the flowers and also taken the time to share them with us, when you must be concerned about getting Ray home  hope it has really been a pleasant diversion for you.

Hope Ray does get home  tomorrow and that he is soon 100% !

[vivienne Condon]

Thanks Maggi,
you were so right it was a diversion it does help, Viv