Crocus February - 2009

[annew]

It looks like the one I have as C korolkowii dark throat, shown earlier.

[Lesley Cox]

Like mine too though I don't think mine is quite so heavily marked on the outside. Might be just the day or the light.

[Thomas Huber]

Thomas, my Crocus korolkowii came from the Cruickshank Botanic Garden in Aberdeen and was growing there when I started working in the garden in1977.  The Rock garden was completed around 1970 so the crocuses would have ben planted about this time.  There are no records of their origin but probably came from Van Tubergen or Avon.  Here is the outside of my Crocus korolkowii.

Thanks for the info, Roma! Very beautiful!
Your's has a very distinct dark throat, while the
standard trade form has only a soft-dark throat:

[udo]

some new Crocus in flower today:

Crocus biflorus ssp.pseudonubigena
   ``    nevadensis, a pale form
   ``    korolkowii 'Golden Nugget'

[ashley]

In the sunshine last weekend:

Crocus angustifolius
Cc. flavus ( bought as; Dutch stock) & tommasinianus ‘Roseus’
C. paschei x2     One of my favourites, with a delicate perfume
C. sieberi ssp. sublimis f. ‘Tricolor’
C. tommasinianus ‘Whitewell Purple’ x2

[art600]

Ashley

Superb Crocus.  Have never seen paschei before- definitely on my wish list 

[ashley]

Yes it's one I'd recommend Art.  Here it does better than adanensis which flowers too early and in the gloom tends to go over without opening. 

[Tony Willis]

Ashley lovely crocus,very nice to see.

Here are two views of Crocus biflorus ssp alexandri to show the inside and outside of the flowers.

[Gerry Webster]

Ashley - very nice crocus. What's the problem with C. flavus?

[ashley]

Well it's so different from pictures on Tony G's 'Crocus Pages', possibly a hybrid because it's either infertile or self-incompatible.

[Janis Ruksans]

Today went to my garden and greenhouses. It was so bright sun shining and in greenhouses temperature raised up to + 10 C. Last night we had outside minus 7 C and even in day temperature didn't rise above zero (in shade, outside). Regardless of high temperature covering with glass-wool sheets generally protects bulbs from warm and soil in pots still is frosen. Those Crocuses wintering with leaves looks nice, only Central Asians regardless of cover and frost showed flowerbuds out. Hope to keep them covered still at least two weeks.
Main job was giving nice pink food to my garden "friends" - all my restaurants for rodents were empty and I renewed my presents to them.
Such are my news.
Janis

[Janis Ruksans]

Well it's so different from pictures on Tony G's 'Crocus Pages', possibly a hybrid because it's either infertile or self-incompatible.

Dutch's usually under name of flavus sells hybrid with angustifolius which is known under various names as Grote Gele, Yellow Mammout etc. - those are sterile.
Janis

[Gerry Webster]

Well it's so different from pictures on Tony G's 'Crocus Pages', possibly a hybrid because it's either infertile or self-incompatible.

Dutch's usually under name of flavus sells hybrid with angustifolius which is known under various names as Grote Gele, Yellow Mammout etc. - those are sterile.
Janis

I have C.flavus which I am fairly sure is a Dutch import. This is fertile & produces large quantities of seed. It is more orange in colour  than Ashley's plant.

[ashley]

Thanks for your comments Gerry and Jānis.  The colour shown is fairly true, i.e. more yellow than orange, but I find it hard to see any angustifolius blood either
Clearly several different plants are circulating under the Dutch C. flavus label. 

[Gerry Webster]

Ashley - Try Pottertons if you want fertile plants which I think are genuine C. flavus.