Crocus December 2012

[de.da.]

YES YES YES!
One of Five bulbs...
No matter - now I am pleased more with the one genuine than if all had been real!
Thank you Dirk!
Ciao

[Oron Peri]

Crocus graveolens in flower now,
This specimen is originated to populations from South Lebanon where they bloom in December,
much earlier then those in Turkey.

[krisderaeymaeker]

Crocus graveolens in flower now,
This specimen is originated to populations from South Lebanon where they bloom in December,
much earlier then those in Turkey.

That's just the colour that I needed for this moment Oron ..... bring some colour during the grey days we have here  .

[Janis Ruksans]

Crocus graveolens in flower now,
This specimen is originated to populations from South Lebanon where they bloom in December,
much earlier then those in Turkey.

My single specimen of this form from Lebanon was killed last winter by extreme frost - down to minus 30 for 3 weeks.
Janis

[Oron Peri]

Thanks,

 Kris,
Glad i can help.... well, at least you have a good chocolate

Janis,
In fact these colonies come from low altitudes and probably not very hardy,
the fact that they grow leaves at flowering time and develop seedpods soon after  indicate that they don't stay under the snow, well at least not more then a few days during winter.

 

[Melvyn Jope]

A couple of very late flowering Crocus today.

In spite of the very heavy rain this Crocus speciosus seems ok in the shelter of a beech tree.

I brought a pot of Crocus biflorus ssp melantherus in from a cold frame to watch the flowers open in the warmth. (still playing with different colour backgrounds!)

[Janis Ruksans]

Dear Croconuts,
I wish you Merry Christmas and all the best in coming New Year! Growing of crocuses is not easy but not the heaviest job!
Yours
Janis

[de.da.]

What a little beauty!

[Luc Gilgemyn]

A couple of very late flowering Crocus today.

In spite of the very heavy rain this Crocus speciosus seems ok in the shelter of a beech tree.

I brought a pot of Crocus biflorus ssp melantherus in from a cold frame to watch the flowers open in the warmth. (still playing with different colour backgrounds!)

Super pix, Melvyn - very hard to choose what background is best .. 

[krisderaeymaeker]

A couple of very late flowering Crocus today.
I brought a pot of Crocus biflorus ssp melantherus in from a cold frame to watch the flowers open in the warmth. (still playing with different colour backgrounds!)

Very nice form Melvyn .I like the outside of the flowers .
Here nothing happens for the moment in the pots with my Crocus .....Many have a little nose above the soil , but that's just it .

[Melvyn Jope]

Many thanks Luc and Kris, glad you like them.

[Tony Willis]

Crocus pelistericus in flower today

Its previous earliest flowering was 17th January and its latest 15th April.

[Martin Baxendale]

Crocus pelistericus in flower today

Its previous earliest flowering was 17th January and its latest 15th April.

Wow! The intensity of that colour!!

[ronm]

Crocus pelistericus in flower today

Beautiful.

[Armin]

I concur the notes from Martin and Ron.
A teriffic crocus.

Tony, what do you think has caused the early flower this season?