Crocus september 2016

[ruben]

For the begin of september not a flower but some pictures of there home
Very happy witm my new home for hardy crocus that need only protection from rain - and finished my planting of 305 collections of more tender bulbs (galanthus peshmenii -cilicicus /Narcissus broussonetti - cavanillesii / many autumn and spring crocus/ sternbergia /...). No its looking forward for the first flowers

[Yann]

looks nice and clean, you'll enjoy the flowers from the house 
Does the lawn for the kids will stay a long time .

[ruben]

Thx Yann!
Yes enough lawn for the kids.
But in the future dad will take some space LOL

[Roma]

First crocus of the season - Crocus pulchellus

[ruben]

Some days later than his brother - Crocus suworowianus lilacinus

Crocus ilgazensis - an very early collection that suffer every year due the warm weather

[Tony Willis]

Crocus autranii, first flowering seed from the Crocus Group sown august 2010

[Maggi Young]

Crocus autranii, first flowering seed from the Crocus Group sown august 2010

An absolute corker!

[ruben]

Great Tony! A real stunning plant

Here also in flower

[Maggi Young]

C. autranii is very beautiful - something special about it!

[Matt T]

Exquisite, but then all Crocus are, aren't they?! Something special about this one though, and especially when it's one of your own babies grown from seed.

[pehe]

Exquisite, but then all Crocus are, aren't they?! Something special about this one though, and especially when it's one of your own babies grown from seed.

Yes, Crocus autranii is something special. The first of mine has just withered after only two days, but hopefully more will come. We have almost summer here with day temperatures around 25^oC, so the flower do not last long.
It is a strange season here. It started with suworovianus flowering in August as usual, but then the next one was an early form of speciosus the first days of September, then a few banaticus and nudiflorus Orla. Now is kotschyanus, speciosus and nudiflorus flowering. Today I saw the nose of vallicola and scharojanii flavus. These two normally flowers a few days after suworovianus, but this year they are at least a month behind. All mentioned here grows in the open garden.
Under glass, no Crocus is visible, but Acis rosea and Cyclamen graecum is flowering.
It is not only the Crocus which is 'out of date', my first Galanthus Reginae Olgae in the open garden will open in a day or two, and that is very early.
Do any of you have similar experience?

Poul

[Yann]

Under glass only few ones are showing their noses, i've checked several pots, no sign of root.
It's too hot, with again 28°c outisde today, in the greenhouse it can reach 40°c. I watered the pots last week end and my fear is that hot subtrat's temperature + water = rotten bulbs. I added an air extractor used in industry to renew flow over pots field. Banaticus lasted 3 days 

[Michael J Campbell]

Crocus pulchellus, the first of the autumn crocus to flower.

[Yann]

lovely pattern

[Janis Ruksans]

I'm so busy now reading all proofs of my new crocus book, that haven't time even for picturing of crocuses. Wheather is very hot and flowers dies in 2-3 days. But now cooling is promissed. Today will finish replanting of crocuses (larger stocks) and will start Erythroniums and frits, but here attached is picture of bed with pots of autumn crocuses, there are ~ 1200 pots.
Picture was maid on my birthday - 5th September and I use occasion to thank all those who sent me greetings and especially to Maggi and Ian Young for the best present - announcing of my new book in The International Rock Gardener, August issue. At this moment around half of necessary 15000 Euros are donated and now I really hope to publish my new book may be even for Christmas.
Janis