Crocus in the garden March 2010

[udo]

a Saturday with rain and sun, in flower
Crocus heuffelianus `Snow Princess`

[Armin]

Superklasse - Dirk!

[johnw]

This one in flower now was labelled sieberi 'Violet Queen'.  Any thoughts?

johnw

[Guff]

Very nice Dirk, I think I like the heuffelianus most of all.

Johnw looks like tommasinianus barr's purple

[johnw]

Guff - It was actually purchased as sieberi Violet Queen.  Here are a few shots from last year.  It spreads like mad.

johnw

[Guff]

The barr's purple on my dog's bed haven't taken off yet. Roseus seems to clump up the fastest for me. I don't have any Roseus on the grave but next year it will be a nice mix of tommy's.

Full shot of my dog's bed.

[johnw]

Here's a close-up comparison of tommasinianus Ruby Giant #3 and the one bought as Violet Queen #4.

The "Violet Queen" bulks up at an insane rate....sorry for the blurry shots; from 12 bulbs 10 years ago.  Just off to garden #2 to photograph the 'Violet Queen" clump in shot 360 & 361.

johnw

[Armin]

A fine clump of tommies, John.
I agrees Guff's identification is correct. C. tommasinianus "Barrs Purple"
An impressive harvest

[johnw]

Back from garden #2 with a few shots of that same clump of what was purchased as C. sieberi Violet Queen with a decent view of stigmas and anthers.

Last shot is a of a few seedlings marching away from the clump.

johnw

[johnw]

My posting #201 has gone from bad to worse.

It would seem after I checked the labels on the pots on Friday the other gardener in the house did a bench rotation on Saturday morning.  What I thought was Ruby Giant was Flower Record, Violet Queen impostor was Vanguard. Of course I could have simply looked at what I was photographing  .

So when the true tommasinianus Ruby Giant comes out I will re-shoot it and clean up the mess in 201. (posting 201 is now cleaned up)

What will I be like in ooooold age?

johnw

[Guff]

Roseus

[Sinchets]

Flowering here now in northwest Bulgaria as the snow begins to melt is Crocus tommasinianus. The plants are growing in oak scrub, or woodland, with Scilla bifolia, Cyclamen hederfolium, Helleborus odorus and Muscari. The colour range is white through to a dark lilac.

[mark smyth]

Snow Princess is a lovely girl

[cohan]

john--wow--that is bulking up! i think that's a cultivar i need...lol

chris, great to see them in the field! were any of those other plants in flower now? i'll have to dig around other threads..lol

[johnw]

john--wow--that is bulking up! i think that's a cultivar i need...lol

Cohan

Send me a pm in summer.

johnw