Crocus to identify? Post them here....

[Armin]

A pretty clump, Susan.
What kind of soil type is it in mum's garden?

[Susan Band]

Armin,
Mums garden is mostly made up of small terraces with dry stone dykes, the underlying soil is gravel, so is well drained. She only tidies up about once a year so there is always quite a lot of leaves etc on the surface as humus.
Susan

[Armin]

Thanks Susan - good drainage and humus as top layer. That's certainly the secret of success.

[Tiggrx]

Can anyone help identify any of these Crocus please, they were all in a cemetery in Middlesex.

No. 1 was about the size of C. tommasinianus, but looks more like a C. vernus to me

No. 2 & 3 were growing in a mass of C. tommasinianus and were noticeably bigger though not nearly as big as the Dutch crocuses.

All the rest are large C. vernus Dutch-type crocuses. I guess many are probably unnamed seedlings, but would be interesting to know if any are named varieties.

Thanks for any help
Aaron

[mark smyth]

I was in a garden today and saw a big blousy Dutch Crocus I lust after. It's a beauty and to my eye looks like a giant tommie. Anyone know if it is a named cultivar?

[Janis Ruksans]

Can anyone help identify any of these Crocus please, they were all in a cemetery in Middlesex.

No. 1 was about the size of C. tommasinianus, but looks more like a C. vernus to me

No. 2 & 3 were growing in a mass of C. tommasinianus and were noticeably bigger though not nearly as big as the Dutch crocuses.

All the rest are large C. vernus Dutch-type crocuses. I guess many are probably unnamed seedlings, but would be interesting to know if any are named varieties.

Thanks for any help
Aaron

Crocus vernus 1 - very heavy virus infection!!!
Janis

[Thomas Huber]

Mark: Crocus vernus 'Remembrance'

Aaron: Looks like tommies and vernus have hybridised in this garden.

[Tiggrx]

Crocus vernus 1 - very heavy virus infection!!!
Janis

I'm not sure why I hadn't noticed that this one was virused. Thanks Janis!

[Tiggrx]

Aaron: Looks like tommies and vernus have hybridised in this garden.

Thomas
It is certainly very likely. Do you think that the first three are all tommie/vernus hybrids?

[Thomas Huber]

Yes, I think so. They all have the small tommie leaves and the colourful vernus tubes.

[Tiggrx]

Yes, I think so. They all have the small tommie leaves and the colourful vernus tubes.

Thanks Thomas!

[mark smyth]

Thanks Thomas. I saw a huge pot of Remembrance today at the Northern Ireland Daffodil Group early  show. Very nice in my photo but very ugly when it is past it's best.

I got a first at the show for my pot of Crocus vernus ex Croatia.

[Guff]

Mystery crocus?

[udo]

Guff,
i think, this is Crocus etruscus.

[Anthony Darby]

I have lost the label of this pot of Crocus heuffelianus flowering today.