March 2010 Northern Hemisphere

[Mike Ireland]

David
I am well confused by Romulea.  As mentioned the seed came from Silverhill seeds a few years ago but it is not on their list at this time.
Help would be appreciated.

Mike

[Hristo]

Mike,
We've been ordering from Silverhills for 10 years now and have no recollection of them offering zahnii.
We have had seed from Monocot nursery of Romulea zahnii, we lost it some years ago but it woud have matched David's description of a rather purpe flower. Your pics look very much like the bulbocodium we have seen in Greece.
  It might be worth contacting Rachael Saunders and checking that Silverhills have actually offered this species. The Sparaxis vilosa we have flowered was assumed by us to be from Silverhills, we checked our records and discovered the seed was from another source but for a different species!

Irrespecive a very nice group of flowers to be sure.
Regards
Chris

[Giles]

Crocus chrysanthus 'Blue Pearl'; C. chrysanthus 'Prins Claus'; Daphne 'Spring Beauty' (a bholua hybrid); another odora.

[Armin]

Giles,
lovely croci. "Prins Claus" is C. chrysanthus "Blue Bird"

[Lesley Cox]

Mike, is the trough with 'Allendale Elf' a limestone one? I have several and really must do better with them. Saxes would be ideal but I'll have to keep them cooler.

[Giles]

Armin,
Thankyou,
It was only a guess as I didn't keep the labels!
I planted a raised bed with every cultivar of Crocus chrysanthus I could find.
I'm told they're some sort of bulb.......(which is worrying )......

[Mike Ireland]

Chris
Took your advice and checked back on my feeble records and the seed of R. zahnii came from the SRGC in 1992.

Lesley
The trough is sandstone and the saxifraga are planted in a gritty compost with pieces of tufa which are now almost overgrown by the plants.

Mike

[Armin]

Giles,
nice crocus clumps in blossom. I'm fascinated every year by the power of this wee beauties.
Over the years you have a good chance to see your own hybrids in your raised bed.

[Giles]

Some more cultivars:

[Giles]

 

[Giles]

Last ones:

[Ragged Robin]

A great display of crocuses, no wonder you're smiling Giles    It's wonderful to see your success in the garden and enjoy the early flowers.

[Maggi Young]

Great to see you are getting some nice weather for the crocus to enjoy, Giles.... I find them a joy to behold, but since I am a committed croconut, you'd expect that
I am tempted to set a puzzle for folks to ID the cultivars from Thomas Huber's listings......

See here for help! http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=5060.0

[WimB]

Some plants which are flowering here in the garden for the moment:

Crocus gargaricus herbertii
Crocus (I don't know which cultivar)
Fritillaria pudica
Hepatica japonica 'Saichou'
Hepatica transsilvanica 'Buis'
Scoliopus bigelowii

[Giles]

Nice Frit, Wim.
I'm trying to avoid them, though, as there are far too many to collect...
The Crocus are just ordinary stuff out of the Bloms catalogue, Maggi, that's why I didn't risk putting them on the Crocus page ( )
Here:
Daphne blagayana 'Brenda Anderson'
Daphne bholua 'Glendoick'