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With me the hardiest species were C. heuffelianus, C. malyi, C. fleischeri, a little less - C. korolkowii - they all alive after very mild January, when crocuses were in full bloom and followed 2 weeks with black frost (no snow at all) and temperatures around minus 30 C. When real spring started - they continued growth and I got even normal corm crop
a sunny ,warm autumn day yesterday ideal to take some photos in my garden . A favorite of mine is C. banaticus so happy in my garden and self seeding in many spots . Janis if you read this have I got the correct name on C. xantholaimos x pulchellus , I think a hybrid with pulchellus due to the white stamens . '?Also C puringii : In 1973 I received seed labelled C speciosus coll. Mt. Demertschi , Crimea , from Freimut Claus ( see Iris clausii ) , a collector in the former East German Rep. It is identical to C. puringii in your superb new book