Evolution of a Crocus Garden

[Katherine J]

I just read it as when there was more flowering on the lower front... i.e. when the lower part of the new bed had more flowers in!   I did like the concern for your innards, though!! 

I read it like that too Maggi so perhaps it's only men who are concerned with their low......no, won't go there.

And I read it like that too!

[Paul T]

And I fixed the original TYPO, so can we stop this discussion?    It was just that, a typo, no second meaning or undercurrent.  Honest!! 

[Paul T]

Flowering now in the crocus garden...... Crocus rujanensis, at least I think I got the right tag when I went looking?

[Lesley Cox]

Very nice one Paul. I don't know that species at all except by name. Everything under snow here at present.

[tonyg]

Flowering now in the crocus garden...... Crocus rujanensis, at least I think I got the right tag when I went looking?

Looks like you did

[Paul T]

Thanks Tony.  I really like it.  This has always done very well for me, I think until last year where it nearly died out.  I am hoping that this one that is flowering now isn't the only flowering sized one remaining, but unfortunately that could be the case.  Still, if it recovers and grows as well as it used to, then it should multiply up again pretty quickly.  Thanks for the name confirmation.

[Paul T]

Lesley,

Sorry to hear about the snow.  Sounds like you're getting our regularly forecast (but seldom actually happening) rain.... only in the form of snow.  Expect more over the next while too.... forecast 9'C here and showers/rain on Tuesday and Wednesday.  Even if we don't get the rain yet again, it'll probable come over to you as snow.  Sorry!! 

[Otto Fauser]

Flowering now in the crocus garden...... Crocus rujanensis, at least I think I got the right tag when I went looking?

Good Morning Paul ,
yes your Cr. rujanensis looks true, it is very close to Cr.sieberi. I raised it from seed received in 1992 from Dr. Novica Randjelovic , collected Mamince ,Presevo , Yugoslavia . It is a very easy plant here in my garden and seeds about , but is welcome to do so .
 very cold here - feels like snow - so all the hundreds of snowdrops should feel comfortable in my garden - but I prefere to be inside .
 Otto.

[Paul T]

Thanks for the confirmation of rujanensis Otto.  I've only ever had laevigatus and tommasinianus seed around for me, but then again most of my crocus have come from single bulbs rather than being grown from seed, so they may set seed somewhat less easily.

A pic taken today..... Crocus pestalozzae var caerulea which is a new addition this year.  Love the colouration with an almost picotee edging on the tips of the petals.  Wonderful colour.  Also flowering today was Crocus korolkowii but I haven't posted a pic of it here as Lesley's dark throated form she posted the other day in the southern hemisphere thread was so much nicer!! 

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Looks very nice Paul - the darker veining at the edges is great ! 

[Lvandelft]

Love the colouration with an almost picotee edging on the tips of the petals.  Wonderful colour.

And a wonderful picture too Paul!

[I.S.]

Paul that is a very nice form which I have never seen so dark one on wild.

[I.S.]

And also I am iteresting with your new crocus garden. I wish to see underside of your baskets or plastic pots. How large holes they have? I afraid from summer rains like that!! May it sweat in plastic pots? or not?
I think if the pots were clay I would be quite carefree for several years!

[Paul T]

Ibrahim,

The whole thing is mesh, no solid sides of plastic at all.  I have a few more empty ones of them out in the garage so if I get a chance to photograph one I'll post a pic for you.  If not tomorrow, then it will be Sunday most likely before I do it, as I am off on Friday to give a talk on Friday night at a garden club a couple of hours north of here.  Won't be back until Saturday evening.  Still trying to put the darn Powerpoint Presentation together..... wish the darn thing would automatically shrink pictures to screen size but NO, I have to manually resize everything for use.  Aaaaaaargh!!

Anyway, that aside, glad people enjoyed the last pic.  I am hoping it will multiply well as I think a good clump of it would be absolutely delightful! 

[Armin]

Paul,
I agree with Luc - very nice C.pestalozzae var caerulea