Crocus January 2015

[Matt T]

Still very cold, wet, dark and windy here. However, the sun came out briefly today. All the Crocus flowers are flopping from lack of light.

C. imperati suaveolens
C. minimus
C. sieberi atticus 'Firefly' - a number grown in pots to be brought into the porch in succession to provide cheap and cheerful decoration and looking the best out of them all.

[ruben]

Today lots of sun and a first spring feeling.
The crocusses opened well. Many pollinators did there job.
My first picture shows my oldest bulbbed- 3 years old.

Crocus korolkowii, from Mongol Tau Mts in Uzbekistan
Crocus michelsonii from Kopet dag in Turkmenistan

[ruben]

Crocus korolkowii 'Agalik' - very large flowers
Crocus korolkowii from talas Mts in Kyrgyzstan
Crocus sieberii atticus 'Bowles White'
Crocus sieberii atticus ssp. sublimis

[ruben]

Crocus dalmaticus 'Petrovac'
Crocus fleischeri - one of my favorites
Crocus sieberii 'Firefly'
Crocus fleischeri 'Gulek Pass'

[ruben]

Crocus ancyrensis 'Golden Bunch'

[Corrado & Rina]

Crocus ancyrensis 'Golden Bunch'

This is a real beauty! Are all your crocus in flower outside? Mine are just popping out of the ground ....

Regards

Corrado

[Ross Barbour]

I just love all the things I am seeing on these pages. Super plants everyone.
I have this labelled as C. graveolens, could someone confirm this please as it doesn’t quite match description in books.

[Maggi Young]

I just love all the things I am seeing on these pages. Super plants everyone.
I have this labelled as C. graveolens, could someone confirm this please as it doesn’t quite match description in books.

 Only the marked form is shown in the Crocus Pages on C. graveolens : http://www.srgc.org.uk/genera/logdir/2010Mar281269807916Crocus_graveolens.pdf   but  İbrahim Sözen shows more variation on his site :
http://crocusmania.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/graveolens

[krisderaeymaeker]

but Zhirair Basmayjan shows more variation on his site :
http://crocusmania.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/graveolens

Hi Maggi , isn't it Ibrahim's site ?

[Maggi Young]

Oh, my! Yes, of course it is Ibrahim's site - İbrahim Sözen  - http://crocusmania.blogspot.co.uk 

 I have made the correction. Thanks, Kris. 
I have just been working with some of Zhirair's crocus pix for the IRG and they are also on Ibrahim's site.

[Ross Barbour]

Ooooo! Another lovely site. Many thanks.

[Corrado & Rina]

You have go me so much into the Crocus with all the pictures and the talks, that you now have me completely hooked and I have ordered a lot of seeds at the seeds exchange, and I am ordering more outside ....

Are the Crocus in the picture from seeds or from bulbs? How long from seeds to flower? Where can I read good instructions on sowing Crocus?

Regards

Corrado

[Yann]

Crocus atticus ssp sublimis 'MICHAEL HOOG’S MEMORY’
Crocus atticus ssp sublimis
Crocus etruscus

[Yann]

two common hybrids
Crocus sieberi 'Hubert Edelsten'
Crocus Sieberi 'Violet Queen'

[Maggi Young]

You have go me so much into the Crocus with all the pictures and the talks, that you now have me completely hooked and I have ordered a lot of seeds at the seeds exchange, and I am ordering more outside ....

Are the Crocus in the picture from seeds or from bulbs? How long from seeds to flower? Where can I read good instructions on sowing Crocus?

Regards

Corrado

On average  you get Crocus flowers in around 3 years from seed.   Ian's Bulb Log has many references to Crocus, as you might imagine! 
This Bulb Log is a good starter for you :   http://www.srgc.org.uk/bulblog/log2006/061206/log.html


The Index to the Bulb Logs, made by Len Rhind, is  here : http://www.srgc.org.uk/bulblog/index.pdf

And all of the Bulb Logs can be accessed  from this page http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/index.php?log=bulb - the Logs from 2009 to the present are on that page, and the page has a link to the logs from 2003 to 2008