Crocus August 2010

[Otto Fauser]

Lesley , theCrocus season is coming to the end here ,with constant rain for a week I only managed to take a few pictures of closed up blooms , but after years of drought we must not complain of too much rain .
 2 var. of C. (vernus) heuffelianus
and a late C. cvijicii

[Armin]

Otto,
in spite of the rain - I like the high contrasted buds of your C. vernus ssp. heuffelianus

[Thomas Huber]

....C. olivieri ssp balansae, the first to flower from Thomas H's seed. .....

Great to see this flower again, Lesley. I've only seen it once in my garden in 2005 but since that time
they didn't flower again. They are still alive, but only form small corms - seems like they don't like my garden 

[Armin]

Hello Thomas,
C. olivieri ssp balansae didn't like my garden conditions, too.
Unfortunately I lost it.

[Thomas Huber]

Hmm, seems like this form is cultivated for Dutch fields only - and Lesley's garden.

[Gerry Webster]

Hello Thomas,
C. olivieri ssp balansae didn't like my garden conditions, too.
Unfortunately I lost it.

Hmm, seems like this form is cultivated for Dutch fields only - and Lesley's garden.

I bet these are microprops. Hence difficult or impossible to establish permanently under 'normal' conditions

[Lesley Cox]

Well I'm truly sorry that I have it in flower and you don't. I'll do my best to keep it alive and flowering each year. Like some other very small forms I thought I might try it in a trough.