Crocus January - 2009

[Tony Willis]

Janis best wishes for a speedy recovery. I just hope I get the same result if I name a crocus.

Here are two in flower in the fog today

Crocus veluchensis
Crocus sieberi

[Gerry Webster]

Yet another C. korolkowii 'Kiss of Spring' (who devised this ridiculous name?).
Despite the dull weather this is remaining compact whereas C. flavus is elongating by the minute.

Name is given by me. I just had a girlfriend with me in garden and she liked it so much that greated me with hot kiss - so variety got its name.
Janis

Janis - many thanks for explaining the origin of the name. It's a very attractive crocus - I imagine the girlfriend was also.

[Martin Baxendale]

Name is given by me. I just had a girlfriend with me in garden and she liked it so much that greated me with hot kiss - so variety got its name.
Janis

Hmmm. Must remember to have some hot girls around when I start naming my snowdrop seedlings. Hopefully Galanthus 'Winter Snog' will be added to the list of cultivars very soon, closely followed by a string of increasingly X-rated snowdrop variety names.

[Michael J Campbell]

Sunshine today  again.

Crocus chrysanthus Aubade
Crocus chrysanthus Advance
Crocus corsicus
Crocus tommasinianus pictus

[Maggi Young]

Michael, these are photos to show just how beautiful a crocus can be  Who could resist them?

[mark smyth]

Just one Crocus today. I was too busy concentrating on white flowers

[Janis Ruksans]

Janis - many thanks for explaining the origin of the name. It's a very attractive crocus - I imagine the girlfriend was also.
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Oh, yes. The garden visit was followed by a pair of coctails inside...  and as result Crocus variety 'Spring Cocktail', too. So very nice memories.
Janis

[David Nicholson]

Janis, I see you are feeling better already

[Michael J Campbell]

Just one Crocus today. I was too busy concentrating on white flowers

Mark, how could you ?

[mark smyth]

Very easily I need photos for Mondays lecture

[Maggi Young]

Very easily I need photos for Mondays lecture

A reasonable explanation ,Mark, but I'm glad you spent a little time on the crocus

[Lesley Cox]

Welcome back Janis, good to get the hospital over before the warmer weather starts, and you'll want to be among the spring flowers.

Funny how knowing the ORIGIN of a plant's name makes that plant so much more interesting, one can almost feel affectionate towards it. I have 3 named vars of C. korolkowii but will look for this one because always I'll see in my mind, Janis and the lady, enjoying the garden - and the kiss.

[Lesley Cox]

Martin - Galanthus 'Winter Snog' will be a hybrid of G. snogerupii?  (A species which looks pretty much like all the others - don't they all? - but I grow because I love its name.) I can hear you saying to the hot girl in question " Come on, snoger up then." I see hot pants somewhere in this, but perhaps not, in the UK winter.

[tonyg]

Yesterday the sun shone ... but not for long
A few crocus opened, here is the cream of the crop.
Crocus biflorus ssp isauricus  - a gift from a friend
Crocus cyprius - I've had a few corms of this form for 18 years but increase is negligible.  I now have a couple of other forms which might open in time for cross pollination and so hopefully some seed later.

Galanthus belong in another place but my girl would put a song in my heart ... so I'll call my new seedling 'Winter Song' which will cause translating readers much less trouble

[David Nicholson]

Woke up feeling pretty grotty this morning (not surprising really since Maureen has been coughing and sneezing and shivering for the past couple of days) but the sunshine (that does really make a change) tempted me outdoors. For the first time this Crocus season I had open buds without having to bring them into the kitchen for an hour, and here are the results.

Crocus tommasinianus 'Rosea'
Crocus etruscas 'Zwanenberg'
Crocus gargaricus ssp. herbertii, quite small and hasn't elongated-this one from Dirk, many thanks Dirk
Crocus rujanensis again quite small, and this also from Dirk