Crocus October 2016

[tonyg]

And the last picture - bed with autumn crocuses today in afternoon.

WOW ... is not a good enough word for this 

[tonyg]

October is Crocus month here in Norfolk UK 

My favourite is Crocus tournefortii.  Wonderful colour and super size and shape ... and a good doer outside here for many years.

Last pic shows also Crocus boryi and a vigorous white hybrid of the two species.

[tonyg]

Crocus niveus - another long term success in the garden.  I am very pleased with the display from Cyclamen graecum, long established in this raised bed.  The covers came off a few years ago but the graecum keeps on flowering 

[tonyg]

Crocus goulimyi - super vigorous under glass.
Crocus pulchellus - also does great in the garden
Crocus mystery.  Came as Crocus hadriaticus parnonicus but appears a hybrid.  Looks rather like Crocus mathewii at first sight but just as likely it is a hybrid with crocus cartwrightianus.

[ruben]

Thx for info Yann!

Superb pictures Tony!

Here 20 degrees and a lot of sun. The crocusses and gardener enjoyed it :-d

Crocus nudiflorus 'Orla' - crocus nudiflorus - Crocus kotschyanus
Crocus hadriaticus
Crocus speciosus 'Aitchinsonii'
Crocus mathewii
Crocus ilgazensis x pulchellus 'Fantasy'

[ruben]

Crocus caspius
Crocus clusii
Crocus hadriaticus bluish form
Crocus archibaldiorum
Crocus salzmanii KPW 9422

[sokol]

Great pictures Ruben and Tony. With me in SE-Germany some of the species are not out like cartwrightianus, goulimy or tournefortii. I can see only the tips of the flowers a bit.

[Steve Garvie]

Some Crocus in flower here.
Unfortunately others have already come & gone when my back was turned!

Crocus gilanicus


Crocus nudiflorus


Crocus laevigatus SBL 348 ex Crete


Crocus pamphylicus


Crocus pallasii ssp. pallasii -a form from Crimea

[sokol]

I like C. gilanicus with its descrete stripes. Mine are flowering this year over a long period.

I also have this dwarf Crocus laevigatus from Crete.
Crocus mazziaricus from Evia is my biggest flowered form of this species.
Crocus oreocreticus was just a single bulb a few years ago, the rest of the package was Crocus hadriaticus as you confirmed recently.
Crocus robertianus were two corms two years ago, now seven flowering plants.

[johnw]

Crocus nudiflorus here yesterday.


johnw

[ruben]

Stunning pictures Steve!

Crocus robertianus is one i don't grow yet stefan! Is it very variable?

Crocus goulimyi bicolored form
Crocus pulchellus 'Michael hoog'
Crocus puringhiorum- is becoming a favorite
Crocus cart. 'Michel'
Crocus cart. 'Marcel'

[sokol]

Stunning pictures Steve!

Crocus robertianus is one i don't grow yet stefan! Is it very variable?

That is exactly what I have forgotten to say, stunning!

I have bought only these two bulbs of Crocus robertianus and they are nearly identical. I have not more experience with this species.

Is Crocus puringhiorum as easy as Crocus speciosus?

[ruben]

ok Thx!

Puringhiorum is out of the speciosus family and is as easy as 'normal' speciosus.

[YT]

Crocus cancellatus subsp. mazziaricus, JJA342.009

[Cfred72]

to do like everyone else, I also Crocus mathewii. 
he was a bulb last year, they are two this year.

can it be propagated by seed if we pass the brush on the anthers and stigma? I did also in the Crocus mathewii "Dream Dancer".