Crocus January 2016

[Tony Willis]

Ruben,a lovely selection. I wish I could grow mine outside but it is just too wet.

Crocus pelistericus, white form

[Tony Willis]

Crocus x gothenburgensis

[Maggi Young]

Crocus x gothenburgensis

the name that was  given when this plant was  described is
Crocus x gotoburgensis  - just for the sake of anyone searching the  given name so they find the pictures above!

[Yann]

This one is certainly the most beautiful of all 

[WimB]

This one is certainly the most beautiful of all 

I must agree, this one is the most beautiful thus far!

[ashley]

A stunning plant Tony.
Do you grow it and both parents outdoors for most of the year, or under glass? 
Here C. pelistericus seems happiest in the garden although slugs often damage the flowers. 

[Tony Willis]

A stunning plant Tony.
Do you grow it and both parents outdoors for most of the year, or under glass? 
Here C. pelistericus seems happiest in the garden although slugs often damage the flowers.

They are grown outside all year in clay pots plunged in a sand bed. I do have a cover on during winter to keep of excess water. I do keep them watered all summer,they never dry out. They are also in shade and only have sun a couple of hours a day in mid summer.

[Janis Ruksans]

Crocus × gotoburgensis R.Rolfe, Quart. Bull. Alpine Gard. Soc. Gr. Brit. 68: 230 (2000).

[tonyg]

The warmest 25 january ever in Belgium. Up to 14 degrees celcius.

Many Crocus in flower:

They all look superb in the sunshine.

Here we have warmth but not so much sunshine 

[Cfred72]

Beautiful Crocus Tony ...
Here are the ones that bloom right now at home. Last week, we had 20 cm of snow, -10°C. Today it is 8 ° C.

Crocus angustifolius

Crocus corsicus

Crocus sieberi 'Firefly'

Crocus tommasianus 'Roseus'

Crocus vernus 'Grand Maître'

This is a beginning of collection, I do not yet have many rarities but many commercial cultivars. It will take some patience to show you specimens from my seedlings.

[Maggi Young]

I think that one of the great charms of Crocus is that the  commercially available varieties are so very beautiful. With some plants only the rarest are  the most lovely!

[YT]

Crocus ‘Sunspot’ is in full bloom.
Crocus adanensis JJA 339.701

[Cfred72]

Sunspot is part of what subspecies?

[YT]

Sunspot is part of what subspecies?

Hello, Cfred72
‘Sunspot’ is a nursery raised chrysanthus/biflorus cultivar.

[ruben]

Hi Fred, nice to see another Croconut from Belgium  .

A very nice Crocus from Dirk. Will say the name later as i use it for quiz in Vrv forum lol
Crovus biflorus ssp. nubigena JP 8604 - in flower for more than a month a still produce more and more flowers
Crocus biflorus ssp. pseudonubigena KPPZ 108
Crocus baytopiorum
Crocus sieberii 'Ronald Ginns'