Crocus October 2007

[Thomas Huber]

Franz, I should also start an autumn-crocus-lawn like you have 

First time flowering in my garden:
Crocus medius from Liguria/Italy!

View of my rockgarden with different forms of
Crocus speciosus, pulchellus, kotschyanus, hadriaticus.

[David Nicholson]

That's a nice medius Thomas. If I hadn't just about filled my new bulb bed with Irises I would have filled it with Crocuses, maybe I should build another one!

[Thomas Huber]

David, don't just think about building a new crocusbed - do it !!! 

[David Nicholson]

Ah but!!! I have to take into account an opposing view in the household that objects to my filling the garden with Autumn/Spring flowering plants-maybe I should buy her some chocolates!

[David Nicholson]

What is a "downpour"?  Is that associated with that stuff I hear bandied abut called "rain"?  I think I vaguely remember it, but I'm not entirely sure. 

Paul, I could send you some, would a couple of tankers full do?

[Paul T]

Yep, send em on over!! 

[mark smyth]

If I make one or add lots to my new rockery it will have to have a temporary roof

[hadacekf]

Bulbs population in my meadow.

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[Lesley Cox]

If I hadn't just about filled my new bulb bed with Irises I would have filled it with Crocuses, maybe I should build another one!

Well a new one of course (yes please she says, chocolates!) but you can also push lots of crocuses among the irises. If they're autumn flowering species, you'll have twice as much flower power over a longer period, and spring flowering as well would be even better. As the BD says, why grow one bulb when you can grow 2 - or 100

[Lesley Cox]

Lovely crocuses Franz and Thomas. Those in the meadow remind me of some of Janis Ruksans' photos in the new book, of bulbs in the wild, en masse. How wonderful to look out the window and see a sight like these.

[mark smyth]

looks great Franz

Here is the first flush from my over crowded clump of medius. I was to divide them this year but forgot. There were 17 if I remember right and that's from 5 corms bought three years ago. I hope one of them has a minor fault and not the start of virus

Also my white banaticus is finally out. Someone recently thought they were too white to photograph

[annew]

Franz your meadow is beautiful!

[tonyg]

Wonderful Franz!  We hope to move to a new house next year then I shall start to plant a bulb lawn of my own.  It will be hard to match the beauty of your meadow.

Mark - I think it is just mechanical damage, doesn't look like virus to me.  (Sadly I am a bit too familiar with that problem, currently trying to purge all suspect plants from the collection .... and raising lots of new ones from seed!)

[I.S.]

  Franz your meadow is very nice. I did not understand what do you mean with nivalis? Galanthus nivalis or crocus niveus!.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Franz and Thomas, don't you know you make people green with envy ?  and grateful to let us have a look at your beauties