Crocus November 2012

[John Aipassa]

Thank you very much Janis. Very helpful.

[YT]

Crocus tournefortii is blooming now Nearly a couple of weeks later than usual.

[Gerry Webster]

Crocus tournefortii is blooming now Nearly a couple of weeks later than usual.

Tatsuo - that's  a very fine potful.

[krisderaeymaeker]

Crocus tournefortii is blooming now Nearly a couple of weeks later than usual.

Again superplants Tatsuo ! How do you grow them so compact and beautiful  ? 

[Maggi Young]

Again superplants Tatsuo ! How do you grow them so compact and beautiful  ? 

I was just about to say the same thing! Lovely plants, so neat.

[Oron Peri]

Some Crocus in bloom today, due to the strong winds they are a bit untidy...

[YT]

Tatsuo - that's  a very fine potful.

Again superplants Tatsuo ! How do you grow them so compact and beautiful  ? 

I was just about to say the same thing! Lovely plants, so neat.

Thank you all I think you mainly mentioned their short leaves when its flowering time. Probably the climate. Deadly heat and long summer and following warm autumn affected something to the crocus growth this year. Usually, their leaves grow more than this year, as in a picture blow.

[Armin]

Tatsuo - C. tournefortii very beautiful

Oron,
super images of rarely cultivates species.
I hope you and your family stay save by the current re-escalating military conflicts in your region.

[udo]

The winter comes with big steps, only in the greenhouse still some blossoms.

Beds protected with air cushion foil.
Crocus hyemalis from Israel, i think the last flower for this year.

[de.da.]

Hi.
Do you know this page?! Just found.
http://www.flowersinisrael.com/Crocushyemalis_page.htm
Daniel
PS @ Dirk: you have a mail

[Gerdk]

Hi Deda,
Thanks a lot for this hint!

Greetings from Solingen to the east!

Gerd

[Roma]

Wonderful crocuses everybody.
I've not got much to offer.
Crocus pulchellus is still flowering.  It started at the beginning of October and is gradually taking over my garden.  It all started from a few stray seeds or cormlets in used potting compost.  It's lovely when flowering but the leaves can be a nuisance growing through small plants.  The pics were taken on November 7th when it was warm enough for a few honey bees and even a couple of silver Y moths to be out.
A good potful of Crocus banaticus and a single one outside

[John Aipassa]

The sun is here today....finally. So here is my most beautiful Crocus in the garden:

Crocus mathewii "Brian Mathew" a wonderful selection by Janis.

May it prosper and multiply to give me an awesome display in a couple of years  ..........hopefully .

[ian mcenery]

Although I posted this one a week or so it was so nice in the sunshine of yesterday that I thought to show it again. Crocus assumaniae from a friend in the North - thanks Tony W

[Armin]

Dirk,
lovely C. hyemalis. I see your crocus beds are already well prepared for any black frost attacks.

Roma,
you can call you 'lucky' - I would be happy able to say my crocus pulchellus 'gradually taking over my garden'. Not a single one currently with me.
How can crocus ever become a nuisance?

John,
indeed it is one of the most beautiful crocus we know in cultivation. Hope it multiplies with you quickly.

Ian,
nice potful C. asumaniae It is quite difficult to believe C. mathewii is so close related to be considered a form of C. asumaniae.

Does anybody know the latest phylogenetic research results on this?