Crocus February 2007

[I.S.]

   Here is my another dutch hybrid vernus ssp vernus. (gladstone)!!  while it just bloom my other natives are so far. They already made nice seeds even spring sipecies!

[Armin]

Hello,

I monitor this forum since quite a while and I got "the crocus fever"!
Thanks to all for the great pics!

Franz, your Chrysanthus looks like my "Snow Bunting" I purchased from a Dutch nursery. Almost no yellow in the throat.

Here is my contribution:
Crocus sieberi seedling, similar to cultivar "Firefly" but smaller flower and feathered
Crocus sieberi sublimis "Tricolor", 2wks later in flower than "Firefly" in my lawn
Crocus imperati "De Jager", last flower of its kind in my lawn

[Lesley Cox]

Welcome to the wonderful Forum Armin. It's great when another "lurker" finally takes the plunge and joins the mad gang that we all are. Obviously bulb lawns and meadows are a big thing in Germany and no doubt you'll have many conversations with Thomas, and with Franz in Austria. We'll all look forward to hearing more from you and seeing more of you lovely crocuses.

From your profile picture, you look more like a stockbroker or a lawyer (my own lawyer) than a crazy gardener, but I guess you're happy to get your hands dirty?

[Diane Clement]

Please can you Croconuts identify this one, sent to me by a friend?
Unknown crocus

[David Shaw]

Diana, I would make a stab and suggest Crocus chrysanthus Advance, it has a very nice colour combination and should be readily available.

[mark smyth]

I'm with David. It is 'readily' available except everythime I buy it something else grows.

[Thomas Huber]

Welcome Armin! Why did you hide for so long 
Crocus fever seems to be a widespread illness in Germany!

Snowbunting HAS a yellow throat and 5 long stripes on the outer petals. I guess your
plant is Miss Vain, but this doesn't have that yellow hint like Franz' plant has. It is
completely white with only a small grey bloch on the outer Petals. Don't worry
this seems to be standard in Dutch bulbs. Nearly one third of my plants was wrong!

David, your yellow Crocus IS Goldilocks. They sometimes form semi-doubles, but only for
one season. Goldmine is the only permanent double Crocus I know!

Diane, you already have the correct answer for your unknown crocus!

[udo]

Hello Armin, welcome to the forum
view pics from me
Crocus reticulatus ssp.reticulatus
Crocus danfordiae
Crocus x jessopae

[Armin]

Hi at all,

Thanks to everybody for the warm welcome!

Lesley, don't doubt - I'm a crazy gardener and not hesitant to get my hands dirty!

Thomas, thanks for your advice - it could be "Miss Vain", too. It's indeed misleading.
If you search i.e. Google for Crocus "Miss Vain" or "Ard Schenk" or "Snow Bunting" you receive many different pictures... 
Do you have a reference picture of a "true" Snow Bunting for me?
I doubt "E.P. Bowles" attached is the true cultivar,too. It looks like "Fuscotinctus" I have too, but it has a larger flower. You may help to identify the proper name.

Udo, great pics...

Pics:
C.chrysanthus E.P.Bowles
C.dalmaticus Petrovac ->I'll be happy to see them soon in full flower
C.dalmaticus Petrovac (darker violet)
C.chrysanthus Gipsy Girl
C.etruscus Zwanenburg

[Maggi Young]

Here I am, making free with Thomas' reference pictures again! I only do this because Thomas posted them in the old forum and I merely repeat them here to make life easier for us all. Thomas, you must tell me if I annoy you by this, but I hope I am helping 
Crocus chrysanthus and biflorus hybrids, white:

[Thomas Huber]

No problem, Maggi - no annoy for me!

Armin you're right - your EP Bowles is Fuscotinctus.
I'm not sure with your Gipsy Girl - do the stripes on the outer
petals continue down to the tube? It's not clearly visible from your photo.

There was an interesting article about chrysanthus/biflorus cultivars
in the New Plantsman in March 1997. Including photos of the most
important plants. This is the best reference I know.

Here two photos of Snowbunting. Often the flowers are tattered
like the plant on the left:

[Armin]

Hello,

Maggi & Thomas, thank you for your help and source hint.
I did not receipt Snowbunting for sure, my ones look like "Miss Vain".
E.P Bowles became Fuscotinctus...

[Lesley Cox]

`Gipsy Girl' as I have it (originally from Van Tubergens in Holland) is a paler yellow I think but the striping is very dark, almost black.

[I.S.]

   At the end of long struggles I had chance to see this nice noble. First level endemic.
It looks stonger, bigger and with wider leaves then standart olivieri. It was watching the
confusion of Istanbul from 350 mt altitute with its small family.

And another one who wants share same place!!!

best wishes......

[david m]

Here I am, making free with Thomas' reference pictures again! I only do this because Thomas posted them in the old forum and I merely repeat them here to make life easier for us all. Thomas, you must tell me if I annoy you by this, but I hope I am helping 
Crocus chrysanthus and biflorus hybrids, white:
(Attachment Link)

Thank you Maggi,
I have used these pics to confirm that "snow bunting" that I bought from a market stall in Norfolk in late august 2006 and a well known garden centre in Kent Oct 2006 are both "Ard Schenk" which I also bought from the same garden centre.
How  can you rely on  the labelling?
David m