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Re: Crocus to identify? Post them here....
« Reply #420 on: January 21, 2011, 11:45:57 PM »
I grow all my crocuses (or croci??) in the garden. Do you recognize some ;D (This is from last spring, not now unfortunately :( )
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Re: Crocus to identify? Post them here....
« Reply #421 on: January 22, 2011, 10:08:26 AM »
Quote from: Hoy on January 21, 2011, 11:45:57 PM
I grow all my crocuses (or croci??) in the garden. Do you recognize some ;D (This is from last spring, not now unfortunately :( )

How nice to see them in your garden in such good drifts, thank you :)
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Re: Crocus to identify? Post them here....
« Reply #422 on: January 22, 2011, 10:13:28 AM »
Let me guess!  ;D
C. tommasinianus, C. vernus 'Remembrance', 'Flower Record', 'Grand Maitre', 'Jeanne d'Arc', 'Pickwick', 'King of the striped', C. flavus x angustifolius 'Yellow Mammoth',
I'm not sure but maybe  C. tommasinianus 'Yalta', C. chrysanthus 'Fuscotinctus', C. chrysanthus 'Miss Vain', G. nivalis (Oh ??? no crocus ;D)...
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Re: Crocus to identify? Post them here....
« Reply #423 on: January 22, 2011, 11:22:46 AM »
Quote from: Armin on January 22, 2011, 10:13:28 AM
Let me guess!  ;D
C. tommasinianus, C. vernus 'Remembrance', 'Flower Record', 'Grand Maitre', 'Jeanne d'Arc', 'Pickwick', 'King of the striped', C. flavus x angustifolius 'Yellow Mammoth',
I'm not sure but maybe  C. tommasinianus 'Yalta', C. chrysanthus 'Fuscotinctus', C. chrysanthus 'Miss Vain', G. nivalis (Oh ??? no crocus ;D)...
I think you get about 10 points ;D but there are more - I have lost count of them :o
However, a lot of the plants are natural hybrid swarms. They set seeds every year and seedlings appear everywhere :)
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Re: Crocus to identify? Post them here....
« Reply #424 on: January 22, 2011, 11:23:54 AM »
A slope like that is perfect for a bulb meadow, Trond... you are a lucky man, you must have bulbs flowering there from spring through summer, eh? 
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Re: Crocus to identify? Post them here....
« Reply #425 on: January 22, 2011, 11:52:19 AM »
Quote from: Maggi Young on January 22, 2011, 11:23:54 AM
A slope like that is perfect for a bulb meadow, Trond... you are a lucky man, you must have bulbs flowering there from spring through summer, eh? 
Yes, I know - sometimes :D Bulbs and corms (and weeds ;)) flower excessively till I mow early-mid June.
Common weeds are dandelion and Veronica filiformis.
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Re: Crocus to identify? Post them here....
« Reply #426 on: January 22, 2011, 08:16:15 PM »
Quote from: Hoy on January 21, 2011, 11:45:57 PM
I grow all my crocuses (or croci??) in the garden. Do you recognize some ;D (This is from last spring, not now unfortunately :( )

Very, very nice  :o. What a lovely sight. That's spring!
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Re: Crocus to identify? Post them here....
« Reply #427 on: January 23, 2011, 10:41:52 AM »
Thank you Armin.  As to whether it sets seed I must admit I have never grovelled low enough to find out, it is spreading very nicely as it is. Though why it is called RUBY Giant I don't know since it is a wonderful shade of mauve/purple.
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Re: Crocus to identify? Post them here....
« Reply #428 on: January 26, 2011, 09:55:56 PM »
Shelagh,

I don't know any reasons for naming 'Ruby Giant' by Roozen-Kramer in 1956.

I deduce 'Giant' stands for larger growth compared with an ordinary tommie and 'Ruby' for the color change (violet to reddish) when you look through a flower against full sunshine. Color is similar to the (bad) color reproduction of my old DSC.
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« Reply #429 on: January 27, 2011, 02:08:51 PM »
Quite a difference Armin.  I had hoped that we had got rid of the differing shades of purple/blue with digital cameras but I'm afraid we seem open to even more variables.  How the camera sees it, how your computer screen sees it and then if you use it in a talk how the projector sees it.  Ah well that's progress for you. ::)
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Re: Crocus to identify? Post them here....
« Reply #430 on: January 27, 2011, 04:03:13 PM »
Shelagh,
quite right but I don't want a discussion on DSC color reproduction.

I would recommend to look at your 'Ruby Giant' flowers in full sunshine and shadow. Then you will see the color shades and the fine gloss I tried to show with my two images.
The color is different to any other tommie cultivar I know. Very lovely.
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Re: Crocus to identify? Post them here....
« Reply #431 on: January 27, 2011, 04:16:04 PM »
Does anyone know this ?chrysanthus
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Re: Crocus to identify? Post them here....
« Reply #432 on: January 27, 2011, 04:24:50 PM »
Mark,
is the color true?
It resembles 'Romance' in bud stage.
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Re: Crocus to identify? Post them here....
« Reply #433 on: January 27, 2011, 04:31:02 PM »
Armin from memory that is the true colour
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Re: Crocus to identify? Post them here....
« Reply #434 on: January 27, 2011, 04:44:24 PM »
Colours  can be so deceptive in photos..... never mind changing light conditions.... Hubi's 'Romance' pix are here : http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=5060.msg138224#msg138224
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