Crocus in the garden March 2010

[Ragged Robin]

Thanks Simon, you always say generous things - it is thrilling but nerve wracking when a kind Forumist entrusts a plant to grow under your auspices and you wait and wait for the sign of survival    - more to come!

[Sinchets]

You also will have the joy of the same species, in its alpine form, in the alpine meadows post snow melt!

[Sinchets]

By the late afternoon our last patches of snow in the rock garden had melted to release these two from their icy tombs. The petals are still a little crumpled from the weight of the snow.
Crocus vernus
Crocus dalmaticus Crocus malyi (thanks Dirk)

[udo]

Simon,
i think, your Crocus dalmaticus is a Cr.malyi.
Here is Crocus dalmaticus from Petrovac in Montenegro.

[Ragged Robin]

You also will have the joy of the same species, in its alpine form, in the alpine meadows post snow melt!

Worth waiting for Simon, it's a cool time for crocus   

[tonyg]

Your were right, Tonyg, up it popped when I wasn't looking - the first Crocus Vernus (Balkans, dark tip petals) in my Alpine 'Meadow'  I'm absolutely thrilled, thanks so much  

More showing so I hope to have a patch soon  

It looks good but lonely ... I'm hoping to bring it some friends when we come over
Here the days are getting a little warmer with a consequent increase in flowers in the garden.  Below is a pic of what was a stray Crocus vernus a few years ago.  It's a stray clump today!   Also a couple of other shots of crocus in the garden.  The first is of plants that have been outside for a decade or more, note the squinny little striped one (has been discussed elsewhere ).  The second is a new planting, not quite sure about the slate but it has been good weed control elsewhere in the garden  ...  and I'm growing better at weeds than crocuses .  Finally a shot of the big clump of Cyclamen coum which as you may have noticed has seeded around elsewhere

[Gail]

Enchanting pictures Tony - I like the slate with the crocus and scilla, and as for that cyclamen......

[Ragged Robin]

So good to see photos of Crocus vernus in your garden - lovely shots and I agree with Gail the groups are enchanting combinations of bulbs.  I do like slate and outcrops occur naturally here and then of course the old slate roofs are wonderful    Looking forward to your visit (and your friends  )

[Sinchets]

We have a sunny day here, though with a bitterly cold northerly wind. These 2 Crocus popped up from nowhere, like the shopkeeper from Mr Ben.
I have one labelled as Crocus kosaninii and the other as C.kosaninii 'April View'.

[Regelian]

here are a few Dutch hybrids seedlings that have shown up in the lawn over the years. Most a re clearly derived from 'Pickwick'. The first I rather like, as the flower is a delicate violet, rather than purple.  The second I think is a cross with C. tommasinianus, as it is considerably smaller than the others, resembles the tommies, but blooms later than the tommies.  Any opinions.

last, but not least, what I grow as 'Ruby Giant.  You will note the dark tube and, in this foto at least, there is a bit of ruby glow.  I, also, grow 'Whitewell Purple', which blooms at least 2 weeks earlier and lacks the dark tube.  Both plants were obtained from a source in England some 10 years ago.

jamie

[Armin]

Jamie,
nice vernus hybrids. Possibly the one in question is a hybrid with a tommie. Color resembles a bit of cv. "Vangard" which is larger then a tommie.

In my garden not so much news, last snow cover and recent bare frost have damaged many flowers of the early cvs.
But I hope for thursday with forecasted 18°C and some sunshine.

One of my favourites. First shots of C. chrysanthus "Blue Bird", nicely contrasted.

[Sinchets]

Also blooming today- another recovery Crocus.
Crocus malyi Sveti Roc

[Armin]

Simon,
nice C. malyi and C. kosaninii.
What make you sure last one is cv. "April View"?
I learned recently from Wim "April View" was named due good growth and late flowering (April!)

[TheOnionMan]

Also blooming today- another recovery Crocus.
Crocus malyi Svet Roc

Simon, should it be 'Sveti Roc'?  From googling the cultivar name, I am assuming this is a Bulgarian form, can anyone explain what 'Sveti Roc' means or commemorates?  I found this on one web site "The Bulgarian prefix svet- may be from the Slavic word cvet meaning flower"

http://www.pottertons.co.uk/pott/view_product.php?pid=1514
Crocus malyi 'Sveti Roc' AH.8651

I grow both 'Sveti Roc' & 'Ballerina', both are great garden plants, producing abundant seed.  I expect to see them in a few days time.  Finally after three days of near gale force winds and 10" (25 cm) of rain, it is warm and sunny here again, and the croci are ready to pop.

Armin, 'Blue Bird' buds are awesome.

[Sinchets]

Sorry it should be Sveti Roc- thanks Mark. I believe it is named after the place it was collected near in Croatia. In Bulgarian 'Sveti' or Свети would mean 'Saint', the word for flower in Bulgarian Цвете would transliterate as 'Tsvete'. I don't know what they would be in Croatian, but it would be normal here to have a place named after a saint, or saints, such as Sveti Vlas, so Roc may be a Croatian saint.
I found a Catholic Saint Roch- so maybe this is it. The 'c' in Croatian alphabert could be for a 'ts', 'ch' or 'tch' sound depending on the notation above the letter 'c' the Roman alphabet never really transliterates well from from other alphabets.