Crocus October 2014

[ruben]

Stunning pictures and crocuses Thomas! Indeed a very natural look.
What do you do with you're special bed, do you have it cover in summer? Do you place the pots in shade for summer rest? How for winter?

[pehe]

Beautiful pictures Thomas and Udo just to mention two of you.

A few of mine

Crocus speciosus. I can't remember the cultivar name. Can anyone help?
Crocus longiflorus from Malta
Crocus speciosus xantholaimos
Crocus serotinus clusii Poseidon

Poul

[Yann]

Thomas Crocus pallasii Chios form is stunning

[de.da.]

Hello at all!
Hello Thomas.
I hope you are well.
You have the most beautyful autumn- crocus- meadow I have ever seen!
I only have normal and white speciosus in my meadow.
Kind regards. daniel

[Matt T]

Thank you Maggi! I also love Crocus mathewii. Crocus ibrahimii is new to me but its indeed a gorgeous flower. 

Matt, i like Crocus laevigatus pumilus. Is it a good grower for you?

Hi ruben,
Subsp. pumilus is a new one for me this year, but doing well so far. Other forms of C. laevigatus do very well here, so there's no reason why this one shouldn't do so as well. Both the bees and I have been busy pollinating, so if I find any seed off this plant next year I'd be happy to send them to you.
Matt

[Thomas Huber]

Thanks Daniel - I have sown many seeds in my lawn over the years, you could also try it !

Thanks Yann - the Chios pallasii is new in my collection and I'm also very happy with it 

Pehe, I think your speciosus is Aichinsonii, or at least what I have as Aitchinsonii.....

Ruben, my special bed is protected by a lucent carport roof and placed near the housewall for additional warmth in winter, no shadow cover in summer. The corms are planted directly into the soil, no baskets! When the temperatures are very low in winter it is covered with firtree branches. Protected in this way many 'tender' corms have survived the hard winter 2012, while in other parts of the garden many 'hardy' plants died.

[Matt T]

Only one new plant in bloom to show to day, but what a plant - Crocus banaticus 'Snowdrift' - she's a corker!

[ruben]

Hi Matt, its a very nice form of laevigatus. Some seeds would be great, we could Always swap. Today the first flower of Crocus laevigatus SBL 348 was open. Ist one of my favorite autumn (winter) flowering Crocuses.

Thanks for the explanation Thomas. I have also made a small 'alpine' house for the eastern runners (Alatavicus, korolkowi and michelsonii. When they are flowering i will show you some pictures.

[ruben]

Some crocusses showed there flowers today.
Crocus laevigatus SBL 348 , i like the dark veins and the very nice style.
Crocus goulimyi, white form from Monemvasia Greece.

[ruben]

Crocus robertianus, from Pindus Mts in Greece.
Crocus goulimyi, a bicoloured form from Greece.

[ruben]

Crocus banaticus 'Snowdrift' , nice flowers but flowers low to the ground (for me).

[Janis Ruksans]

and some more:

Crocus (speciosus x pulchellus) ibrahimii. Named by Ibrahim Sozen. I like this one very much because of the dark veins.
Crocus longiflorus from Malta

Crocus ibrahimii - OK, but it is not hybrid! DNA are differenrt and no speciosus or pulchellus in vicinity. It is true species!
Janis

[ruben]

Thx a lot Janis! I will chance my label!

[tonyg]

Thx a lot Janis! I will chance my label!

Easy to see why you might think this is a hybrid.  I have very similar plants here but mine are definitely hybrids ... I raised them from my own seed.

[Janis Ruksans]

Easy to see why you might think this is a hybrid.  I have very similar plants here but mine are definitely hybrids ... I raised them from my own seed.

When Ibrahim sent me the first corms of this crocus my first opinion was that it is hybrid, too. It was the reason why I visited Turkey in Europe. I drove along the all mountain ridge and everywhere found only Crocus ibrahimii and no one pulchellus or speciosus was seen there. The last pulchellus I saw just at Istambul (even inside city border), then was gap without crocuses and  further started C. ibrahimi almost to Bulgarian border, so may be it could be found in adjacent Bulgaria, too.
Janis