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Re: Crocus February 2012
« Reply #165 on: February 18, 2012, 09:48:11 AM »
Well I suppose all tommies are nice and good garden plants

Ian  - I certainly have to agree with that.  It's the best and most rampant of all Crocus here. I should be growing more from seed to see what might just happen. We can't get the whites or cultivars other than Roseus, Ruby Giant and Whitewell Purple and worse the last two seem hopelessly muddled in the trade here.

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John I think you are not alone over the pond some of these hybrids are mixed up here

Some years ago I got Crocus tomm "Eric Smith". The supplier has unfortunately got an ordinary tommy mixed with them and after a few years I decided to try to lift and sort them out. But that year only a couple of fragments came up. I dug around and found only a couple of bits of corm so replanted in the hope that they would regenerate. It has taken a couple of years but one of the plants appears to be a seedling which has quite nice stippling on the outside of the petals. It also has the extra petals of Eric Smith. Seems quite a nice thing
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Re: Crocus February 2012
« Reply #166 on: February 18, 2012, 12:29:54 PM »
Ian, so good and unique patterns :) Thank you for sharing.

Here are...

 Crocus biflorus subsp. nubigena
 Crocus baytopiorum
 Crocus atticus subsp. sublimis 'Michael Hoog's Memory'
 Crocus chrysanthus 'Macedonian Ivory'

I pollinated 'Sunspot' pollens to 'Macedonian Ivory' ;D
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Re: Crocus February 2012
« Reply #167 on: February 18, 2012, 12:37:27 PM »
Very nice flowers YT. Are these all from Janis? What is the stone that you use for your top dressing? I like the look of it.

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Re: Crocus February 2012
« Reply #168 on: February 18, 2012, 12:42:20 PM »
Ian, so good and unique patterns :) Thank you for sharing.

Here are...

 Crocus biflorus subsp. nubigena
 Crocus baytopiorum
 Crocus atticus subsp. sublimis 'Michael Hoog's Memory'
 Crocus chrysanthus 'Macedonian Ivory'

I pollinated 'Sunspot' pollens to 'Macedonian Ivory' ;D

YT love the biflorus and such a good photo. Your growing regime must be close to nature as my baytopiorum is much more leggy and flops over. Growing them in this way shows great skill
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Re: Crocus February 2012
« Reply #169 on: February 18, 2012, 03:01:29 PM »
ron, yes these are from Janis ;) Top dressing is pumice and kanuma.

ian, thank you very much. I think too enough for me :-[ My place is 9b as USDA and very dry, sunny winter. I can grow them outside without any protection except rain when flowering ;)
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Re: Crocus February 2012
« Reply #170 on: February 18, 2012, 03:10:33 PM »
You do it very well YT. All of the plants you have posted on this Forum ( not just these Crocus) appear very healthy and really well grown.
Thank you for the information on the top dressing. I think I'll get some to try.
Very nice to see your set up.

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Re: Crocus February 2012
« Reply #171 on: February 18, 2012, 03:28:55 PM »
Thank you, ron :) Probably you've already known that there are 2 types of kanuma, hard and soft. My top dressing is pre-blended, with several different kind of pumice and hard type kanuma. If you use 'soft type', it will be broken easily by frost.
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Re: Crocus February 2012
« Reply #172 on: February 18, 2012, 03:31:36 PM »
I just found a supplier here in UK for the pumice and Kanuma, thanks YT. Unfortunately they dont say if its hard or soft type. I'll be asking now before ordering. Excellent information. Thank you, :) :) :)

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Re: Crocus February 2012
« Reply #173 on: February 18, 2012, 05:25:56 PM »


ian, thank you very much. I think too enough for me :-[ My place is 9b as USDA and very dry, sunny winter. I can grow them outside without any protection except rain when flowering ;)

Tatsuo really nice set up and I envy your climate. The crocus certainly love it
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Re: Crocus February 2012
« Reply #174 on: February 19, 2012, 07:04:09 AM »
I think too enough for me :-[ My place is 9b as USDA and very dry, sunny winter. I can grow them outside without any protection except rain when flowering ;)

Wonderful to see, Tatsuo. I still see some empty spaces, so you can fit in more  ;)
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Re: Crocus February 2012
« Reply #175 on: February 19, 2012, 09:00:08 AM »
Crocus aleppicus from Jordan last week
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Re: Crocus February 2012
« Reply #176 on: February 19, 2012, 02:23:36 PM »
ron, you're welcome ;)

ian, but we have very humid and deadly heat summer so many alpines cannnot stand at my place :(

Wim, I have to leave the space for seedlings what are waiting for transplanting to larger pots ;)

Fred, it's very interesting for me to see the crocus in habitat :D Thank you for sharing :)
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Re: Crocus February 2012
« Reply #177 on: February 19, 2012, 05:13:17 PM »

ian, but we have very humid and deadly heat summer so many alpines cannnot stand at my place




Well Tatsuo as we say "you can't have everything" but the crocus seem to do really well
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Re: Crocus February 2012
« Reply #178 on: February 19, 2012, 05:37:51 PM »
Great job Tatsuo : wonderful Crocus !

Crocus aleppicus from Jordan last week

You never cease to amaze us Fred !!!  :o :o

I had Crocus minimum in flower today and C. sieberi "Amfiklia"  :D
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Re: Crocus February 2012
« Reply #179 on: February 19, 2012, 05:49:26 PM »
C. minimum is stunning!  :o
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