Crocus September 2009

[tonyg]

Crocus banaticus

A very vigorous form, originally obtained from the late-lamented Hythe Alpines

A fine potfull Gerry - beautiful!

[Janis Ruksans]

Crocus banaticus

A very vigorous form, originally obtained from the late-lamented Hythe Alpines

Veru nice and very early. With me earliest banaticus will be in best case at very end of September or only in October.
Janis

[mark smyth]

Looking back at what flowered first in 2008 I see that the wrongly labelled pulchellus flowered three weeks later last year. I photographed it on September 26th 2008.

How variable in colour is C. pulchellus? The one I showed on September 2nd is quite pale compared to what is flowering today.

[Martin Baxendale]

Looking back at what flowered first in 2008 I see that the wrongly labelled pulchellus flowered three weeks later last year. I photographed it on September 26th 2008.

How variable in colour is C. pulchellus? The one I showed on September 2nd is quite pale compared to what is flowering today.

I've raised a lot of pulchellus from seed over the years and it can vary quite a lot in depth of colour, size and even flower shape.

[johnw]

I've been bulking up a few Crocus species in pots and have lost my notes on their possible hardiness for Nova Scotia. I know nothing about Crocus.

They are:

cancellatus mazzaricus
kotschyanus ex JR
longiflorus
tournefortii

Hoping someone in a cold area might be able to shed some light.

johnw

[Maggi Young]

I know nothing about Crocus.

That is the condition  Ian found last weekend when he suggested to a bulb seller at the Dundee food and flower festival that the Crocus kotschyanus corms he was selling, labelled "Crocus"  but with a photo on the box of Colchium would be confusing to the public and should show a crocus pic..... "But they're the same thing" says the guy..."autumn crocus: the very same thing"
Just as well the BD has a sweet nature 



As to your   Crocus, John, we have these under glass here, to keep the worst of the wind and rain off them, more than to protect from cold, though some do manage to live in the garden. 

[mark smyth]

I was at an ole doll excuse for a night out for tea and biscuits gardening club last week. I brought a display of Colchicums and a pot of Crocus. One tottered up to me and said "I have all those in my garden". I'm thinking she couldnt have Col. biovonae, corsicum .. I said this is a pot of Crocus and she said "they are all Crocus and if you want some I'll get you some". She finished by saying she had that Nerine also - the new to me 'Winter Sun'

[Michael J Campbell]

 Some sunshine today and Crocus gilanicus opened.

Crocus galinacus.

[Gerry Webster]

Crocus banaticus

A very vigorous form, originally obtained from the late-lamented Hythe Alpines

Veru nice and very early. With me earliest banaticus will be in best case at very end of September or only in October.
Janis

I find C. banaticus to be quite variable in flowering time. This 'Hythe' form flowered at about the same time last year but in 2007 it was a month later. Another form I grow varies by +/- four weeks every year.

I am always surprised by how small the flowering sized corms of C. banaticus are. This pot looks overcrowded because I only anticipated about 5 flowers. Instead there are 13.

[mark smyth]

Here are some comparison photos of my normal and pale Crocus pulchellus

[David Nicholson]

Good pics Mark.

[mark smyth]

  thanks

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Great stuff everyone !
The autumn Crocus season is definitely on the way ! 
Nothing flowering here though (yet) 

[Janis Ruksans]

Autumn Crocus season is slow but it started. On Monday C. autranii started to show deep lilac noses out of soil, many forms of C. suworowianus started blooming, some speciosus and even cancellatus opened first blooms. Here nice picture of kotschyanus cappadocicus, a pair of suworowianus and quite interesting lilac form of suworowianus. From Crocus speciosus blooms forms from Crimea (Ukraina) - Tschatir Dag Yaila and subsp. ilgazensis - smallest of speciosus with stigmatic branches hidden below tips of anthers.
Janis

[Armin]

Janis,
great pictures. The C. kotschyanus cappadocicus is superb!
I like the blue streaks.