Crocus: November 2010

[BULBISSIME]

Also ordered.. for end of january 

[David Nicholson]

... and I've ordered my copy too.

[Janis Ruksans]

Looks that all Europe are covered by snow and frosts. I can see it on forum - crocus pictures disappeared from new entries.
My single novelty - I just got my first copy of my book.
Looks quite nice. This evening will be some champagne...
Janis

[Martin Baxendale]

Looks that all Europe are covered by snow and frosts. I can see it on forum - crocus pictures disappeared from new entries.
My single novelty - I just got my first copy of my book.
Looks quite nice. This evening will be some champagne...
Janis

Congratulations!

[mark smyth]

I hope snow and ice does not affect deliveries of the book

[Luc Gilgemyn]

My single novelty - I just got my first copy of my book.
Looks quite nice. This evening will be some champagne...
Janis

Congratulations!

I hope that the Champagne went down well Janis !
Many of us will be waiting for the delivery now ! 

[Janis Ruksans]

I hope that the Champagne went down well Janis !

Oh yes, may be a little too much...
Janis

[BULBISSIME]

How was the Champagne janis ?? 
Here also everything was under snow, even no more water,.. so only Champgne to drink but still no Crocus book to read 

[Hoy]

You  said it, Janis, all Europe (almost) is covered by snow and ice! Not so much snow here but ice. The soil is frozen deep. The freezing cold weather came suddenly mid-November and all autumn bloomers disappeared. This one was among the last ones, I have forgotten the name, maybe C. kotchyanus, I got it from you, Janis. I show the picture only to remind myself of what comes!

[Janis Ruksans]

You  said it, Janis, all Europe (almost) is covered by snow and ice! Not so much snow here but ice. The soil is frozen deep. The freezing cold weather came suddenly mid-November and all autumn bloomers disappeared. This one was among the last ones, I have forgotten the name, maybe C. kotchyanus, I got it from you, Janis. I show the picture only to remind myself of what comes!

Black frost is the most dangerous. Here soil is not frosen even - not less dangerous (for rodents). All is covered by very deep snow. My roads are cleaned 5 times and all is covered at least by 25-30 cm of snow, but snow heaps now are around 1 m high. Temperature vary from minus 5 in day up to minus 19 C in night.
About the Crocus pictured by you - it more resembles bud of speciosus although there are some forms of kotschyanus with stripes on back of flower segments. It isn't possible to identify in so early stage, of course.
Janis

[Hoy]

OK, Janis, I also have some C. speciosus from you, so they probably are speciosus. I would very much like to have snow cover but today we have got rain and now the roads are glazed by ice. My front door step too, had trouble walking up the steps!