Crocus August 2011

[udo]

The first Crocus for this summer,
Crocus scharojanii var.flavus.
in bud creme-yellow, later creme-white

[annew]

A treasure, Dirk.

[Martin Baxendale]

Beautiful! 

[tonyg]

My first will open as we go away next week.  Crocus vallicola .... much earlier than in the past.

[Alex]

I had C. suworowianus at the very beginning of this month!

[Kees Green]

here are some of my crocus, many i have no idea what they are
Cream beauty x2
Prins claus
Prins claus with snowbunting
Snowbunting
Sunkist
then some unknown's

[Kees Green]

more unknown's flowering now and zwanenburgh bronze

[Lesley Cox]

I must do some pictures of mine too Kees. The Choclate Soldier is out now (being snowed on today!) and the lovely x Bornmuelleri among many others. The photos are taken so I suppose today would be a good day to process them.

[Janis Ruksans]

The first Crocus for this summer,
Crocus scharojanii var.flavus.
in bud creme-yellow, later creme-white

Excellent! Just now started replanting of Crocuses and found that pots with scharojanii flavus are in bloom, too. Those for catalogue - bloomed in box.
Today replanted pelistericus and scardicus. Corms looked very good and hope nice blooming next spring. Earlier kept them too wet in summer. Soil must be wet but not damp during summer growing season. For years I'm replanting them when scharojanii flavus start to flower.
Janis

[art600]

The first Crocus for this summer,
Crocus scharojanii var.flavus.
in bud creme-yellow, later creme-white

Excellent! Just now started replanting of Crocuses and found that pots with scharojanii flavus are in bloom, too. Those for catalogue - bloomed in box.
Today replanted pelistericus and scardicus. Corms looked very good and hope nice blooming next spring. Earlier kept them too wet in summer. Soil must be wet but not damp during summer growing season. For years I'm replanting them when scharojanii flavus start to flower.
Janis

Janis

Did you mean Damp NOT Wet?  Wet would mean that water was present.

[Alex]

Hello Janis,

Yes, is that damp not wet? And when do you start keeping them wetter? I'd be really interested to hear your approach to watering these species.

Cheers,

Alex

[pehe]

Crocus scharojanii var. flavus is my first crocus this season. Suworowianus will follow in about a week.

Poul

[udo]

Poul, nice Cr.scharojanii var.flavus.
Here some new Crocus this week,
Cr.kotschyanus ssp.hakkariensis 2x from SE-Turkey
           ``            suworowianus from NE-Turkey

[Armin]

Dirk and Poul,
congratulations - great start of the autuum crocus blossom in the NH

[krisderaeymaeker]

Dirk and Poul,
congratulations - great start of the autuum crocus blossom in the NH

I agree with Armin . Very nice and some are certainly on my wishlist 

The first to flower here this year :  Crocus banaticus 'Snowdrift' Some shots made this weekend ...