Crocus February 2015

[Steve Garvie]

Superb crocus beds with a wonderful selection of plants Ruben!!!

[Tim Ingram]

Ruben, are your crocus beds open year round or do you cover them in summer? And how much have you modified the soil? The crocus look stunning grown like this - I've only seen them grown in bulb frames but this must be more like E.A.Bowles grew them at Myddelton House. The hot continental summers must be a big benefit. Really must work on making some bulb beds like this

[udo]

Real nice, Ruben.

Here in flower:
Crocus atrospermus
      ''     cyprius
      ''     sieberi 3 x

[Cyril L]

Ruben, your crocus are flowering splendidly on these special bulb beds.  Lovely form of C. leichtlinii.  I grow it only in pots to keep it dry in summer.

[Cyril L]

Here in flower:
Crocus atrospermus
      ''     cyprius
      ''     sieberi 3 x

Very striking Crocus cyprius Dirk.

[YT]

Crocus corsicus

[Yann]

Crocus corsicus (not in the Tatsuo style  )
Crocus chrysanthus 'Blue Peter' in bud
Crocus olivieri ssp. olivieri

[Matt T]

Crocus imperati suaveolens is still putting up flowers.

Crocus sieberi subsp. sublimis 'Tricolor' putting on a good show outside (plus withered leaves of Narcissus battered by the hurricane last month - bulbs don't have it easy here!)

[tonyg]

Crocus imperati suaveolens is still putting up flowers.

Crocus sieberi subsp. sublimis 'Tricolor' putting on a good show outside (plus withered leaves of Narcissus battered by the hurricane last month - bulbs don't have it easy here!)

Cool winter weather can give long flowering periods especially for the likes of C imperati BUT the flower in this pic looks a bit Corsican to me 

[Matt T]

I'll take another look in daylight. These came from Pitcairn: http://www.pitcairnalpines.co.uk/crocus-imperati-ssp-suaveolens-1233-p.asp

[krisderaeymaeker]

Crocus gargaricus (outside  in my peatbed )

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Splendid Crocus shows everybody ! 

Some white ones here :

Crocus biflorus ssp weldenii albus

Crocus korolkowii albus with the delicate grey/white contrast 

[udo]

Kris and Luc, nice Pics

here with open flower Crocus cyprius
and a plant similar veluchensis from Greece

[Thomas Huber]

Cool winter weather can give long flowering periods especially for the likes of C imperati BUT the flower in this pic looks a bit Corsican to me 

Tony, why do you think this is Crocus corsicus?
Susans plants are an original TCH collection from 2008 - surely Crocus suaveolens.

[ruben]

Very nice Crocus sieberii from omalos Dirk!

A picture of the crocus bed out of the kitchen 
2 pictures of the crocus bed