COMPILATION OF CROCUS CHRYSANTHUS/BIFLORUS CULTIVARS

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‘Willem van Eeden’

– New cultivar with white petals and dark purple-blue stripes on the throat,
continuing further to the top with softer colour, not in trade yet, has a good seed set.

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Blue without stripes:


’Blue Pearl’

– Rounded, bright blue petals with darker blotch on the outside and bronze speckled basal blotch, has never set seed in my garden.

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‘Princess Beatrix’

– Pointed blue petals with dark blotch on the outside and bronze speckled on the base,
overall impression somewhat darker than ‘Blue Pearl’, does set seed, sometimes offered in trade, but rarely true.

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‘Zenith’

– Petals outside blue, inside soft-blue, has a good seed set.

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White/blue with dark blotch:

‘Ard Schenk’

– Petals white, broad and rounded with bright blue blotch on the throat,
anthers yellow, does set seed from time to time.

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‘Aubade’

– Petals white with blue blotch on the throat, darker than in ‘Ard Schenk’,
earlier and smaller than ‘Ard Schenk’, defective, whitish anthers, has never set seed in my garden

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‘Blue Bird’

– White petals, outside violet-blue with white margin,
tube light-bluish, has never set seed in my garden.

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‘Blue Peter’

- Petals soft-bluish, with a big dark blue-purple blotch on the outside,
tube purplish, has a good seed set.

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‘Warley’

– White petals, outer petals with a big purple blotch on yellowish ground,
does never set seed in my garden, rarely offered in trade but never true.

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‘Eyecatcher’

– White petals, outside dark purple with white margin, does set seed.
Disappeared from trade due to virus in Dutch stock, only present in a few private collections.

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Brownish groundcolour:

‘Brown Surprise’

– Soft yellow broad petals with brown-yellow blotch on the outer petals.

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‘Brunette’

– Yellow/brownish rounded petals, tube speckled brownish in the upper part,
bronze basal-blotch on the outer petals sending short thick stripes to the top.

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‘Brassband’

– Yellow/brownish petals, somewhat elongated with bronze blotch on the outside,
tube striped brownish/purplish, overall impression somewhat darker than ‘Brunette’.

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‘Spring Pearl’

– Soft yellow petals, on the outer side purple-yellow with purple basal blotch, has a good seed set.

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Soft Yellow groundcolour:

’Advance’

– Soft yellow petals, outside violet with a yellow margin, stem purplish,
has never set seed in my garden. Very short flowers.