Crocus November 2007

[mark smyth]

David if you bought your Crocus this year the flowers were already set. You dont want to move Crocus in September as they will have already rooted. Move them in early summer

[Rob]

A couple of crocus pics taken today

[Joakim B]

Nice crocus Rob
Is the blue one in the ground under trees and the lilac one in a pot under glass?
They are very well opened so You must have nice weather or a good trick to get them open.

I hope You get them identified since they (atleast the blue) seem to handle weather well.

Thanks for sharing.

Kind regards from windy Sweden where all the crucuses is flat on the ground
Joakim

[Rob]

I think the first one is Speciosus and the second Goulimyi

It has been a reasonable day here, no wind but a bit overcast. We've had several days like this last week hence the one outside looking good.

Some of the earlier flowers in the middle of October were flattened

I used a flash to take the pictures, so the colours may not be exact

[Hans J]

Hi all ,

here some Crocus pics from my garden today :

[mark smyth]

Hans what does PE-Pe-CU mean?

[Joakim B]

Thanks for the information Rob.

CU is most likely close-up Mark but the rest I do no know either.

[zephirine]

Please accept the numerous "Wooows!!!" and "Ahhhhhs!!!" from a french -and fully amateur- newbie, for all the wonders I discovered recently on this forum, and on this thread!
My soil isn't as adequate for crocus as I would like (clayish, poor drainage), but I love fall crocus and some of them seem to accept these conditions, at least in some special, chosen places .
So far, Crocus pulchellus Zephyr (my profile pic, of course! ), and Crocus speciosus seem to progress nicely.


I'm specially fond of crocus species and varieties with showy, antler-shaped coral stamens...
This forum is going to start a new addiction, I fear it...
I recently received some mathewi, niveus, vallicola and goulimyi from P. Christian's, and hope to give them company in the years to come!
Congratulations to each of you for your marvelous plants and pics..and for your passion!
Greetings from France
Zephirine

[Hans J]

Hans what does PE-Pe-CU mean?

Mark : thats only for me ....

Thanks for the information Rob.

CU is most likely close-up Mark but the rest I do no know either.

Joakim : you are rigth with CU

[David Shaw]

Hi Zephirine, and welcome to the forum.
You have a nice collection of Crocus and take good pictures.
I like your display package, it is one that I have not seen before. I liked the way that I can keep zooming in on C. puchelus bit I note that with the speciosus I  can only toggle backwards and forwards between two sizes of image.

[zephirine]

Thank you David! I don't quite understand about the pulchellus...both pics are kept on the same site, and I can only have 2 sizes myself, but, well...I dunno...
 
Zeph

[Thomas Huber]

Rob: You're right - the first crocus is speciosus, the second goulimyi!

Welcome Zephirine, would be great to get you addicted, too 
If you want to plant your new Crocus in the open garden,
mix up your soil with lots of sand!

[I.S.]

  This time I want to show some pictures from a turkish rock garden.
It looks a little bit like srgc. It may gives some ideas for groving.
(http://www.ngbb.gen.tr/)

[zephirine]

Vielen Dank for the advice, Thomas, but I'm afraid that wouldn't work here : if I mix sand with clay...the result will look like concrete!
I have to add a lot of humus first, mulch, add a bit of peat (even if I usually refrain from using it, to preserve nature), and let my friends the worms complete the work for me.
The only way that works for me to enhance drainage in the meantime, is to plant on top of a slightly raised  mound...
MfG
Zephirine

[I.S.]

  And also some pictures. It was late for many of autumn bulbs but still there were some in flower.