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Tony Willis
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Re: Crocus March 2009
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Reply #210 on:
March 14, 2009, 12:03:47 PM »
my Crocus scardicus was bought from Pilous as one corm in 1996.
yes I have posted pictures of the parents and yes I have selfed the pelistericus in 2008 and the seeds are germinating at the moment.
I also got seed on the scardicus last year and there was a discussion as to whether it had crossed with my pelistericus. This was not possible because they were in flower at different times due to a watering error.These are also just germinating.
I have two sowings of the cross with scardicus as the seed parent but these have not flowered yet,hopefully some will next year.
Crocus pelistericus is not variable in the wild it is almost completely uniform
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Chorley, Lancashire zone 8b
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Re: Crocus March 2009
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March 14, 2009, 03:18:22 PM »
Not sure what to say then. Maybe the Crocus x gotenburgensis from Gotenburg BG were just flukes, or they represent the best of lots of crosses many of which looked like your results.
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Simon
Balkan Rare Plant Nursery
Stara Planina, Bulgaria. Altitude 482m.
Lowest winter (shade) temp -25C.
Highest summer (shade) temp 35C.
Gerdk
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Re: Crocus March 2009
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March 14, 2009, 05:30:51 PM »
Here are some
Crocus
growing en masse at the Botanical Garden of Wuppertal - sorry for the bad quality of the pics (I took the wrong lens)
The last pic is from my garden and shows a nearly white
C. tommasinianus
Gerd
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Gerd Knoche, Solingen
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Re: Crocus March 2009
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March 14, 2009, 05:37:12 PM »
Gerd what a dream, there you see a longlife work of a bulbgardener. And no time to see it with my own eyes
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Uli Würth, Northwest of Germany Zone 7 b - 8a
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Lesley Cox
way down south !
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Re: Crocus March 2009
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March 14, 2009, 06:08:47 PM »
Amazing plantings Gerd, like purple snow on the ground. Truly magnificent. I think you almost white tommie is beautiful too. Just enough other colour to give it a lift.
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Lesley Cox - near Dunedin, lower east coast, South Island of New Zealand - Zone 9
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Re: Crocus March 2009
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March 14, 2009, 09:47:47 PM »
A glorious sight, Gerd.
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Anne Wright, Dryad Nursery, Yorkshire, England
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tonyg
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Re: Crocus March 2009
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March 14, 2009, 09:57:26 PM »
The most amazing mass planting of crocus that I have seen! Thanks for sharing with us all the pictures from Wuppertal BG.
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Tony Goode. Norwich UK. Mintemp -8C
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Anthony Darby
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Re: Crocus March 2009
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March 14, 2009, 11:04:56 PM »
Finally my
Crocus cvijcii
has opened in the bright lights of the kitchen.
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Anthony Darby, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Tony Willis
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Re: Crocus March 2009
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March 14, 2009, 11:21:41 PM »
gerd those pictures are staggering.
Anthony a lovely plant
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Chorley, Lancashire zone 8b
Anthony Darby
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Re: Crocus March 2009
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March 14, 2009, 11:24:40 PM »
I'll try and take its pic in natural light tomorrow.
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Anthony Darby, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Alex
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Re: Crocus March 2009
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March 15, 2009, 10:00:50 AM »
Hi Anthony,
Is that Cream of Creams from Janis? That's very interesting, he sent me one of these last year and when it came out yellow I assumed he'd mixed it up and relabelled as normal cvijicii! Perhaps I was too hasty! Is it just a rather paler yellow than usual?
BW,
Alex
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Luc Gilgemyn
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Re: Crocus March 2009
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March 15, 2009, 10:38:05 AM »
Very interesting colour Anthony - quite special !
Three cheers for Wuppertal botanics Gerd !
What a view !
Thanks for sharing !
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Luc Gilgemyn
Harelbeke - Belgium
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Re: Crocus March 2009
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March 15, 2009, 10:54:26 AM »
Gerd, that crocus carpet is quite wonderful!!!
And your nearly white is lovely too
Tausend Dank!!
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Chloe, Ponte de Lima, North Portugal, zone 9+
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Re: Crocus March 2009
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March 15, 2009, 11:21:52 AM »
Thanks for showing us, Gerd. I have never seen anything like it. Amazing
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A little warmer here today and all snow is gone. Maybe spring is on its way at last.
A few pics from my garden
Crocus chrysanthus 'Moonlight' ? (I'm not sure but that was the name on the label)
Crocus tommasinianus 'Pictus'
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Gunilla Ekeby in the south of Sweden
Anthony Darby
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Re: Crocus March 2009
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March 15, 2009, 01:40:08 PM »
Ooh, I like 'Pictus'.
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Anthony Darby, Auckland, New Zealand.
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