Crocus March 2014

[Thomas Huber]

Great photos in the February thread - my own are out for weeks now, but never opened due to lack of sunshine and warmth.
Hope you will forgive me if I can show only 'standard' plants, most of my rarities are in heaven 

First some sights from the lawn and the rockgarden after two days of sunshine:

[Thomas Huber]

Some more from the garden:

[Thomas Huber]

Some of the surviving goodies:

- Crocus chrysanthus Jeannine, Crocus etruscus from Tuscany and malyi from Croatia
- Crocus versicolor from Southern France
- Crocus fleischeri together with C. angustifolius
- a C. vernus form from Liguria which will be described as a new species this year together with some of the green tipped whites

[Thomas Huber]

Some of you may have noticed wonderful hybrids on my lawn.
I have marked them for later replanting and hope to increase them well:

[Thomas Huber]

Some more hybrids:

[Leena]

I am stunned by the view of your crocus lawn, it is absolutely fantastic!

[Maggi Young]

Dear Hubi, thank goodness the sun has come out at last for your wonderful lawn - a sight to gladden our crocohearts!

[Thomas Huber]

Thanks Leena and Maggi!
Your flattering words let the sun come out again 

[ashley]

What a wonderful sight Thomas, and beautifully photographed
That Ligurian C. (no longer) vernus is very elegant

[hadacekf]

A magnificent sight Thomas and perfectly photographed.

[Margaret]

A wonderful collection.  H1421 is particularly beautiful.

[annew]

It's great to see your garden again Thomas - looking beautiful! Please tell me if I can send you back any that you have lost.

[Janis Ruksans]

 Tomorrow I'm going to Greece. Fortunately I selected road not through Kiev, but in Aprill my flight to Erevan is just through Kiev. Air space over Ukraina now is closed. I hope that world protests will stop barbarians from East. Now we all are in heart with Ukrainian patriots trying protect their independence.
Others in this and following entry are Crocus sieberi grown from wild collected seeds. Seeds were sent me by Marcus Harvey who collected them on Crete. Note the huge size of white specimen - just as large Dutch so named vernus cultivar.

[Janis Ruksans]

Other sieberi from Omalos, Crete

[Martin Baxendale]

Janis, Crocus sieberi Purple Tip (01.jpg)  is lovely!