Crocus in the garden March 2010

[WimB]

I'll start of this topic with some Crocusses that are flowering here today:

Crocus abantensis (2 x)
Crocus dalmaticus 'Petrovac'
Crocus flavus ssp. flavus
Crocus vernus ssp. heuffelianus 'Carpathian Wonder'

[WimB]

and some more:

Crocus antalyensis 'Sky Blue'
Crocus chrysanthus 'Uschak Orange'
Crocus fleischeri (from Gülek pass)

[Regelian]

Nice stuff, Wim.  The C. antalyensis has a nice clear colour.

Here is a seedling of C. tommasinianus that I am calling forma violacea, although I have no idea if this has been described, but I've heard of 'rosea'.  It's more for my own reference.  The colour is a lovely violet-pink.  For colour comparison, in the background of one of the fotos is a clump of Whitwell Purple or Ruby Giant, but I can never tell them apart.

Plus a shot of my lawn, which just gets better every year.  None of the Dutch 'vernus hybrids' seems to increase well for me, but I do seem to get a good lot of seedlings popping up.

[Lesley Cox]

I really love that 'Carpathian Wonder.' I'll have to beg from my Australian friends.

[chasw]

No idea of type,but certainly brightens up the garden.

[Mike Ireland]

The sun has finally shone, the crocus like it so much more than the dark, wet days. 

[Armin]

Wim,
you have a nice crocus collection! You grow them all in a greenhouse?

Jamie,
nice to see your crocus lawn!
Your C. vernus dutch hybrids are ahead. Mine poking just through the ground. Hope for sunshine to take pictures.

Chas,
your pictured crocus resembles cultivar C. chrysanthus "Saturnus". Do you have a picture from the side to see the feathered stripes?

Mike,
nice clumps of C. tommasinianus. An easy growing and quickly increasing species.

[chasw]

Armin,will try and get another shot tomorrow,thanks for the input

[WimB]

Wim,
you have a nice crocus collection! You grow them all in a greenhouse?

Thanks Armin.

All crocus in these pictures are grown outdoors.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

We discussed hybrids, earlier on in the season, here's some work from the bees in the garden... 

1) is a group of mixed Crocus from a Garden center, that I've been growing in the same spot, on a raised bed, for over 10 years - they don't seem to increase, but carry on as they are - maybe the experts can confirm they are biflorus or chrysanthus type ?? 

Anyway, last year, I spotted some seedlings growing at the bottom of the raised bed, I dug them up and planted them at a more suitable spot.

2-3-4 and 5 are the results.  I'm quite happy with them 

[mark smyth]

What colour would you say the dark ones are

[Maggi Young]

Funnily enough, in this weeks' Bulb Log, just loaded this afternoon,Ian shows a similar crocus seedling to Luc's above .... he has described it as "puce", which I believe to refer to a sort of pinky/brownish shade..... it doesn't "sound" a nice name, but I believe it's fairly accurate in this case ! (I think it's from the french, to do with blood and fleas.....thus pinky/brown.... )

I do think these hybrids are rather sweet.

[art600]

We discussed hybrids, earlier on in the season, here's some work from the bees in the garden... 

1) is a group of mixed Crocus from a Garden center, that I've been growing in the same spot, on a raised bed, for over 10 years - they don't seem to increase, but carry on as they are - maybe the experts can confirm they are biflorus or chrysanthus type ?? 

Anyway, last year, I spotted some seedlings growing at the bottom of the raised bed, I dug them up and planted them at a more suitable spot.

2-3-4 and 5 are the results.  I'm quite happy with them 

Luc

I could almost be back at Ulu Dag.  The hybrid colours are really excellent.

[Sinchets]

God bless those bees, Luc- those are some very unusual shades you have there!
Flowering here now is Crocus x leonidii 'Little Amber'

[Maggi Young]

Much as I adore Crocus, Simon, I'm finding myself sidetracked by the warmth of the sun in your photos.....the pictures just ooze good light! Fab!!

That great ,clear yellow of 'Little Amber' does help the sunny theme ,though, doesn't it?