Crocus in the garden March 2010

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Great stuff everyone !
Armin, your collection seems to be growing rapidly !!

[Eric Locke]

Armin - That Yalta is amazing .

Eric

[Armin]

Eric,
yes, 'Yalta' is very nice contrasted vernus cultivar. I like it very much and it is one of my (many) favourites
It is growing big, reaches almost the size of a dutch hybrid and is increasing annually.

[Armin]

a few more:

C. vernus:
'Michael's Memory': heuffelianus group, increasing quickly. Thanks to Dirk.
'Yalta': vernus x tommasinianus, nice cultivar found and selected by Janis. Growing much better (larger) in my meadow compared to my raised bed. It seems to confirm that I purchased it under 'rare vernus ssp. vernus species' when it was not yet grown in high volumes and broadly available.

Armin, this is Crocus vernus`Michael's Purple`.
`Michael Hoog's Memory`is a Crocus sieberi ( atticus ).

Dirk & Guff,
your are right. Sorry I mixed up cv. names - it seems it was a bit too late when I posted the pictures
Michael's Purple is a nice cv. I'm happy having this one in my collection.

[Armin]

Armin:
Had to do a bit of digging in the old papers and catalogs.
It was purchased from the firm of Hoog and Dix in 1999.
It is listed as collection # LP.7260.
The catalog attributes this number to Hans Leep and Erich Pasche.
Arnold

Arnold,
thank you for the details. It is a very nice croci. Does it set seed?

[Armin]

Armin,
I never fertilize the meadow!

Franz,
that is a bit of surprise! It seems you have a 'maiden soil' Everything is growing, just from god given! 

Your meadow is marvelous and a shining example to all of us

[Armin]

Great stuff everyone !
Armin, your collection seems to be growing rapidly !!

Yes, like your own 

[Guff]

Crocus on my dog's grave 1-3

Tommy Albus, never can get a clear/focus picture of the flower 4
Clumping up fast from 2 corms in fall 08

[daveyp1970]

Guff the dogs grave(when my dog passes that is what i'm going to to brilliant idea) is fantastic lovely show and lots to come as well.

[Armin]

Guff,
nice buquet of crocus flowers in memory of your lost dog.

[Guff]

Dave, Armin thanks.

I think I planted 1200, this is the third spring flowering. I'm redoing the bed this summer, expanding it. I'm taking the crocus in my holding bed (5k+)and will be adding all those to the above. No flowers open yet in the holding bed(darker spot)

[ArnoldT]

 It has never set seed. 

Arnold

 
thank you for the details. It is a very nice croci. Does it set seed?
 

[ArnoldT]

Crocus sieberi tricolor

[ArnoldT]

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[tonyg]

In springtime "?" nearly always = Crocus tommasinianus