Crocus to identify? Post them here....

[David Nicholson]

There was a Snowdrop centred article on Primrose Warburg in the December edition of The Plantsman (I think-memory not what it was!!?). Possibly written by John Grimshaw. I share my copy with another Forumist so can't refer to it now.

[johnw]

There was a Snowdrop centred article on Primrose Warburg in the December edition of The Plantsman (I think-memory not what it was!!?). Possibly written by John Grimshaw. I share my copy with another Forumist so can't refer to it now.

David - I did read that one and it, along with the Book's blurb, has sparked an interest in her other achievements.

johnw

[Maggi Young]

Judith, I think you have Crocus vernus.  It may be an albino form of 'heuffelianus', long ago I was given some 'Balkan Vernus' by Primrose Warburg.  They grew in her lawn at South Hayes and included dark purple with dark tips, pale lilac without and pure white.

Are there articles about on Primrose Warburg and her many interests? Also the hybridizing she did or seed sources theat she persued.  Such a fascinating woman and yet we only hear of her Galanthus passion and little of the other plants in her garden.   Perhaps there are articles she wrote in old AGS or SRGC Journals or the like?  Too bad she didn't write a book.

johnw

Cannot find anything in SRGC or AGS journals, John.

Turned up this:  http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/bbs/Learning/Bryohistory/Bygone%20Bryologists/EDMUND%20FREDRIC%20WARBURG.pdf     quite interesting but not much about plants in it.

[Kasun A]

hello everyone ,,

kindly identify for me these crocuses,

they were from central portugal,,growing in wild with rock and sandy soil and also under  pine and cork oak trees.

thank you

kasun

[I.S.]

  Hi Kasun,  
  These are Crocus carpetanus. I have received a few corms of this crocus a few years before but they did not liked my climate or calcareous soil at all! Do you know in which kind of soil do they grow?

[Kasun A]

hello ibrahim, thank you,,
ill have a look soon and let u know,,
kasun

[Janis Ruksans]

Seem to be carpetanus. I have same probplems as Ibrahim. Now planted in more peaty (acid) soil.
Janis

[Graeme Strachan]

I wonder if someone can identify the crocus in the pictures below.
I purchased it as alatavicus and alarm bells should have started ringing when I took a photo of the corm because of the basal rings. (but I did not notice this at the time).
Biflorus? but which one?
Thanks in advance for your help.

          Graeme Strachan

[tonyg]

Graeme, yes to biflorus to which one.  A mentor of mine years ago used to say that if he wasn't sure it must be ssp isauricus!  Heresy to say such a thing these days ... perhaps someone else will advise.  you can rule out ssps alexandrii and weldenii as they do not have yellow throat but that leaves it wide open!  The main thing is that it's a fabulous form, one to look after.

[Graeme Strachan]

Tony,
         Thank you for your quick response.

                    Graeme

[Janis Ruksans]

It could be isauricus (throat, deep blue color, stripes un backside) if corm tunics are thick and hard as they looks on picture. But identification isn't easy by pictures and even by plants in this group (biflorus). Indeed very nice form.
 C. alatavicus is quite rarely offered.
Janis

[Graeme Strachan]

Janis,
         Thank you for responding to my query. I am sorry that the pictures were not very good but they were taken in my kitchen when I took the plant inside for a little while to make the flower open.
With both you and Tony suggesting that it may be isauricus, I'll re-label it as that. Maybe I will get a better photo if the sun shines this weekend.
Thanks again to both of you for taking the time to reply.

               Graeme

[ScotsmanInKent]

Hi Everyone.

I am afraid I dont know much about crocuses, grow a few large dutch cultivars of siberii.

In the garden there is a very large patch of this much smaller crocus.
It is delicate and a pretty colour, they all seem to look the same.
I can pick one and take some more detailed photos if thet would help.

Thank you for looking.

[Martin Baxendale]

Crocus tommasinianus.

[ScotsmanInKent]

Thanks Martin

Thought it was but wasnt sure.

Simon