Crocus February 2011

[daveyp1970]

Janis your  C.ancyrensis dark stem is just stunning fantastic find have you found it as easy as the normal form.

[Janis Ruksans]

Janis your  C.ancyrensis dark stem is just stunning fantastic find have you found it as easy as the normal form.

Yes, it grow very well.
Janis

[Tony Willis]

Some very nice pictures over the weekend,the mild weather is moving them along
Some more of mine open today

Crocus angustifolius
Crocus biflorus ssp pulchricolor x chrysanthus natural hybrid
Crocus chrysanthus
Crocus gargaricus
Crocus sieberi three diferent forms
Crocus veluchensis
Crocus vernus

[hadacekf]

Spring is on the way to my garden in Vienna. Last week we had 20 cm snow and  -9° C.

Crocus korolkowii
Crocus laevigatus

[Armin]

Tony,
great croci collection.
C. sieberi & atticus...mouthwatering.
C. biflorus ssp pulchricolor x chrysanthus natural hybrid resembles cv. 'Spring Pearl'.
Now one can assume the possible cross origin of this cv..
C. veluchensis & C. vernus...please beam some to my meadow Would be glad if you can share some seeds (if any).

Franz,
it just needs a couple of warmer days with sunshine and flowers appear - that amazes/fascinates me year after year.
No open croci flowers here but buds (imperati, herbertii, ancyrensis) poked through ground overnight.

[hadacekf]

Armin,
For me it is always a miracle, how quickly the blooms open.

[alpinelover]

C. chrysanthus  ‘Fuscotinctus’ have  nice striped petals.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Tony, you seem to have an endless stock of beauties...     The hybrid is so special !! 

Out here, Crocus x reticulatus 'Janis Ruksans' came into flower in today's sun 

[Armin]

Armin,
For me it is always a miracle, how quickly the blooms open.

Franz, yes it is!
It is awe-inspiring if one starts to think of how these little plants get their energy from to form such beautiful flowers while sitting in an icecold ground.
Spring = new life! For me, the most beautiful time of the year.

Frankie,
nice clump of cv. C. chrysanthus fuscotinctus. Typical showing the already long leaves when flowering.

Luc,
ohh, a pretty nice shining - C. x leonidii 'Janis Ruksans'.
Personal I feel pity it is sterile and does not set seed.

[udo]

a warm day and some new flowers:
Cr.biflorus ssp. ? Belpinar Gec, Turkey
        ``        fibroannulatus
        ``        nubigena
    bornmuelleri
    danfordiae
    tauricus

[udo]

and more:
Cr.carpetanus 2x, thanks Rafa
    nevadensis, lilac form

[Armin]

Dirk,
super croci - as usual. 
Did you use a non-calciferous soil mix for C. carpetanus & C. nevadensis?

[ian mcenery]

and more:
Cr.carpetanus 2x, thanks Rafa
    nevadensis, lilac form

Nice I also have seedlings (thanks Rafa)

Here are a few from today

Tommies in the garden
Crocus cvijicii from seed (thanks TonyG)
A virused crocus which was supplied as malyi - wrong twice. My own fault for buying this from a non specialist 
C antalyensis
sieberi firefly in the garden
herbertii in the garden

Would like an ID on this last one grown as biflorus albus x2  from AGS seed sorry about poor quality of photo

[ian mcenery]

Oh I forgot this one
Sieberi Bowles White  (thanks ThomasH)

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Beautiful Crocus lads !!! 

Dirk, your Biflorus ssp belpinar is very special !!