Crocus January 2007

[ian mcenery]

Here is my Crocus Abantensis what a brilliant caerulean blue it reminds me of summer skies. I seem to be getting poetic and that won't do.

[Thomas Huber]

Andrew, I think your korolkowii is NOT "Kiss of Spring"
the dark outer petals point for "Golden Nugget"!
"Kiss of Spring" has yellow petals and throat!

Dirk, please show the whole plant of your Crocus corsicus!
Does it have small or broad leaves and how much?
Your rujanensis is also present in my garden now!

Wonderful blue on your C. abantensis Ian - hope to see mine soon!

[Thomas Huber]

Another korolkowii selection from Janis Ruksans - "Yellow Tiger":


A beautiful clump of dark-anthered biflorus ssp nubigena:




Another one from the biflorus group, bought as ssp creweii:




And this one from Irmahan Pass in Turkey - bought as isauricus,
but it could be another, maybe it's one of the
new discovered biflorus ssp by Helmut Kerndorff:




Next a nice blue Crocus baytopiorum from our beautiful Narcissus-Lady:


Crocus michelsonii broken by Kyrill last week:


And the last one , a finding in my lawn, a very dark feathered yellow chrysanthus hybrid:

[annew]

Hah! It's a good job our avatars are so small! Could we maybe see an overall view of your crocus garden, Thomas, as I've always thought it would be nice to be a neighbour and just peek over your fence.

[Thomas Huber]

Anne, I don't have an current photo but this one from March last year:

[Thomas Huber]

And this one to complete my 100th posting!
Will try to make a better one this spring, but the plants
are not very showy from the distance.

[annew]

They look wonderful - but what are the round white things on the grass, mushrooms?

[Lesley Cox]

And Thomas you had some lovely pics last year of your garden with tulips and other things, showing quite big patches.

With so many lovely crocuses out quite early this winter, I hope there will still be plenty left for February/March!

Anne (our beautiful Narcissus lady), I think your baytopiorum is deeper coloured than mine. Sometimes mine looks almost transparent and colourless. Depends on the weather perhaps.

[tonyg]

If that were my Crocus lawn I would put down some pale stones to mark out no-go areas where crocus are planted ... can't be sure to keep the kids off but it must help!

[Maggi Young]

Try these two pages on the old forum for more pix of Hubi's crocus lawn in spring. The second ofthe pages also has a cute pic of Liam, Lesley's little grandson from last April!
http://www.srgc.org.uk/discus/messages/5012/25326.html?1144107431   March 2006
http://www.srgc.org.uk/discus/messages/5012/27878.html?1146083122   April 2006
Lots more great pix on the old forum, of course, of all sorts of plants; if you're new and haven't seen it,
here is the link to the topics list, it is all searchable.
http://www.srgc.org.uk/cgi-bin/discus/discus.cgi?pg=topics
Enjoy!

[Maggi Young]

Are you hinting that Chris and Celine may be better behaved than Ruth and Amy, Tony? Surely not!

[Thomas Huber]

That's it, Tony! The white things are stones, that I placed in the lawn
to mark the path through the crocusses.

And Maggi you're right, too - Chris and Celine are NOT better behaved
than Ruth and Amy. Surely not, because they are MY kids - remember
my photo in the age of 12 

[I.S.]

 A small present, from a small hike. that is the fee of yesterday for whole day walking...
pestalozzae white form. endemic one. I hope to see much more next week.

[Thomas Huber]

Ibrahim, seems like the frost has still not arrived in Antalya.
I love these tiny white flowers, mine are just a few days away from flowering
but the frost stopped them for a while.
Would be great to see more from next weeks hiking trip!

[I.S.]

  Hi Thomas!
 This pics are from Istanbul where I live. I think the frost will not come this winter
at all.

  regards..