Crocus January and February 2019

[Tony Willis]

Crocus x gotoburgensis

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Crocus x gotoburgensis

It looks gorgeous, Tony ! 



@ Steve : Your plants and your photography are both absolutely stunning !

[Steve Garvie]

Many thanks Luc.

That’s a bonny crocus Tony!
As you suggested, there is little evidence of Scardicus in this plant.

[Stefan B.]

Hello everyone, this is the first crocus that blooms in my garden.
Crocus biflorus x chrysanthus

[fermi de Sousa]

We get 'The English Garden' (a magazine which does wander past the boundaries into the neighbouring countries )
and found an interesting article in the January 2019 issue
 
cheers
fermi

[Tony Willis]

Crocus scardicus

[tonyg]

We get 'The English Garden' (a magazine which does wander past the boundaries into the neighbouring countries )
and found an interesting article in the January 2019 issue
 
cheers
fermi

They were clearly desperate for copy that month 

Thanks for sharing this.  Disappointingly, I have not seen a copy, let alone been sent one 

[Yann]

Crocus fleischeri bring a ray of light after 2 weeks of darkness.
Crocus sublimis 'Michael Hoog's Memory'
Crocus stevensii
Crocus tauri

[Steve Garvie]

Crocus sieberi sieberi EM 220



Crocus sieberi atticus -from Marcus Harvey seed.



Crocus kerndorffiorum



Crocus minutus



Crocus katrancensis

[Janis Ruksans]

I can only envy you all. We had snowing and snowing - already twice our entry road was cleaned from excessive snow and temperature is slowly dropping, tonight we had minus 7 C, for next even minus 13 offered, then something less but around minus 5-7 C. Of course nothing blooms. In greenhouse when it is sun - temperature rises up to + 10 C, but everything is covered and below cover at top of pots is +0.5-1.0 C, at pot bottom + 1.5-2 C. Some days ago I returned glass-wool sheets to protect against harder frosts. Hope that in March will be possible to open covering, because I announced OPEN DOOR days 16-17 th of March. Usually most of crocuses then are in flowers. Last year we had around 800 visitors and everyone will be welcome.
Servers of my home-page were attached and for 3 days it was impossible to open it, but this morning everything is repaired and again works.

[Tony Willis]

Janis life seems difficult with those temperatures. Here we have only had -2c on three nights so far. It is too warm for the crocuses and other bulbs. If the sun comes out it gets to 20c in the greenhouse so difficult in a different way.

 F2 hybrid Crocus x gotoburgensis first time flowering

[Janis Ruksans]

Janis life seems difficult with those temperatures. Here we have only had -2c on three nights so far. It is too warm for the crocuses and other bulbs. If the sun comes out it gets to 20c in the greenhouse so difficult in a different way.

 F2 hybrid Crocus x gotoburgensis first time flowering

Very nice seedling. I'm always telling - against frost I can cover and protect my plants, but against high temperatures... helps nothing.

[krisderaeymaeker]

Crocus sieberi sieberi
Crocus kerndorffiorum
Crocus minutus
Crocus katrancensis

You grow them all to perfection Steve !!!! Seems you use bigger or deeper  pots ? Can you tell us something about your tricks , cultivation, climate  ?

[krisderaeymaeker]

Crocus hartmannianus in flower now ....

[Yann]

fantastic hybrid Tony. Janis i suggest you retired south of Greece, no more frost problem and not far from Turkey for explorations :+)