Crocus February - 2009

[BULBISSIME]

Fantastic collection mark !

[annew]

Cream Beauty is one of my favourites. The welcome sun today opened the crocuses beautifully. Here are 'George' and C tommasinianus 'Bobbo'.

[David Nicholson]

Lovely Mark. My C. chrysanthus Fuscotinctus seems to be more orange whilst yours is a nice Lemon colour, here's mine but you'll have to excuse the quality of the picture.

[art600]

Anne

I have never seen 'George' or 'Bobbo' before.  'Bobbo' is particularly nice.

Can I ask where you obtained them please - definitely for my wish list.

[mark smyth]

'Bobbo' is really nice and one of my favourite tommasinianus. My tops is my pure white one.

Can I dangle a 'Bobbo' carrot in front of you?

[Lesley Cox]

 
  Not sure about one or two of the flowers - or maybe I'm getting paranoid about streaky plants

I thought the streaking was just the feathering seen from inside but now I'm not so sure. Probably paranoia, as I'm seeing a little on the abantensis too.

[mark smyth]

Thanks Fred. Two of them were garden centre bulbs.

David mine could be wrong because it came from a local garden centre

[annew]

George came from Janis Ruksans, and Bobbo from Kath Dryden.

[art600]

Thanks Anne

[Hendrik Van Bogaert]

Hi friends,
Today was a very sunny day in Belgium.
When I came in my greenhouse this afternoon, a lot of crocuses were in full bloom.
Enjoy!
Crocus abantensis
 Crocus cvijicii
 Crocus angustifolius flavus
 Crocus cambessedesii
 Crocus cyprius 2
 Crocus pachei
 Crocus veluchensis
 Crocus biflorus ssp. pulchricolor

[annew]

It's great what a little sunshine can do isn't it?

[Tony Willis]

Hendrik very nice plants. Where are your veluchensis from?

[mark smyth]

There is something I see all the time in photos that I dont do and must start. Everyone has grit to the top of the pot. I always leave maybe 1cm or less for easier watering.

Lovely Crocus Hendrick

At Bowles garden today I spotted 3 pure white tommies with cream outer petals. So sad to see so many trampled by Galanthophiles

[mark smyth]

Now that I have edited the photos I see they are not white. I was going to ask if I could buy them but there were too many people

[Hendrik Van Bogaert]

Hendrik very nice plants. Where are your veluchensis from?

Tony, I have checked the label this morning; it's the woodland form of veluchensis and comes from Cambridge bulbs in 1988 (!); I have other veluchensis form (from Janis) but they flower later. I have yesterday morning photographed the same plant without sun; as you can see, a lot of difference in colour.
Hendrik