Crocus September 2009

[ashley]

That cancellatus ssp damascenus is so elegant Dirk; lovely things you show, as always

It's overcast here today but warm enough to entice C. robertianus & C. tournefortii to open.

[Geebo]

Hi All,
I am only new into the genus crocus but when I see all the beautiful pictures posted I know i am hooked once again in this wonderfull plantworld.even I have only a small selection i collected true the last Years,Re J Ruksans,and a good friend in Belgium,I am sure I look out for a few more.I have my list ready for Santa 
Keep sending the pics please.I keep looking if any of my own going to flower also.

Cheers,
Guy

[Ragged Robin]

Ashley, both your crocus are lovely but C. tournefortii is really slim and elegant plus very generous in opening it's flowers so wide   

[Gerry Webster]

here some crocus from this sunny sunday:
Cr.mathewii, rose form
Cr.cancellatus ssp.cancellatus
Cr.cancellatus ssp.damascenus

Superb crocus as usual Dirk & how good to see a form of C. mathewii which appears worthy of the great man.

[udo]

Janis,
the rose form Cr.mathewii is from a german friend, not P.C.
This plant is my first posting in this forum from october 2005.
http://www.srgc.org.uk/discus/messages/5012/19083.html?1143486844
I think, this Cr.boryi is consistent, see a picture from last autumn.

[Janis Ruksans]

I think, this Cr.boryi is consistent, see a picture from last autumn.

I can only congratulate you with this! Excellent!
Janis

[Alex]

Anthony,

Hope you're still following this - would you mind telling me where you get your top dressing grit from? It looks great and I don't seem to have found anything like it round here yet...

Cheers,

Alex

[Anthony Darby]

Anthony,

Hope you're still following this - would you mind telling me where you get your top dressing grit from? It looks great and I don't seem to have found anything like it round here yet...

Cheers,

Alex

Alex, it is just bought as 6mm (golden?) gravel from a garden centre.

[Paul T]

Wow, what a plethora of Crocus this month (I've just taken a couple of hours to get through this topic).  SOoooooooo many that I love.  Special mentions must go to.....

Michael C's Crocus autranii plus many of his other pics,
Janis' kotschyanus cappadocicus, suworowianus, sharojani, his beautiful form of pallasii ssp pallasii, plus so many of his others
Thomas' dark C. medius is a cracker
Ashley's beautifully veined hadriaticus (or hybrid)
Franz's boryi
Hagen's bicolour banaticus
Dirk's rose form of mathewii
So many of Tony's gorgeous flowers.

Mark S. - have you got a new camera?  You've always had good pics, but these crocus pics have been even better than previously.  Smashing!!

Thanks so much for a wonderful couple of hours wondering through your collections.  I'll have one of each thanks!! 

[Boyed]

Armin I forgot about 'Zephyr'. Anthony I'll get a photo the next day it shines

Mark,
I also grow crocus speciosus 'Late Love'. It is very pale-coloured, smaller in sizes comparing to ordinary speciousus and lacks the beauty of shape of general speciosus cultivars. Shortly speaking, it's quite a modest plant.

'Zephyr' is considerably large and showy and vigorus comparing to 'Late Love'. Attache some pix.

Your speciosus pale form, no matter, if it is a hybrid with pulchellus, is just stunning!!! I am highly impressed.  A real beauty!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Janis Ruksans]

Some more crocuses pictured yesterday. This season C. banaticus started blooming quite late, the same with C. vallicola. From banaticus the earliest is just white 'First Snow', others still are underground here. I something oversold vallicola as request for it was unexpectedly great and there will not be many flowers. The last in this entry is C. goulimyi var. leucanthus.
Janis

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Wow, what a plethora of Crocus this month (

I have to agree with Paul - what a wealth of beauties !!!!!
Thanks to all croconuts keeping this going !!

[pehe]

Oh Janis that`s interesting. Here is Zone 6b. Last winter we had temperatures under -27°C (but only for a time of 7 days). No problem for cb. I never saw the original habitats in Romania - but I feel the coldness there. Thanks for your advice.
With a last pic of today.

Excellent form of banaticus! I haven't bicolored banaticus. Problem is not so much in coldness although below minus 30 is not exceptional here (only few last winters were milder, but usually every winter we have one-two weeks with temperatures around minus 30 C). There are two problem factors: 1) not allways bulbs are covered with sufficient amount of snow; 2) weather in winter frequently changes from minus to plus Centigrade and just this is the most dangerous. In Eastern Carpathians which is N and E border of banaticus distribution range mountains are covered with very deep snow throughout winter - I saw even 1 m deep snow and this protects against any frost. Winter is very stable there, too. Similar seem to be in Roumania, too. The same are with plants from Siberia and far East. Some of them (Cardiocrinum etc.) overwinter in unfrozen soil covered by 1-2 meters of snow when temperature falls well below minus 30 C.
Janis

My Cr. banaticus has survived 8 years outside (and increased well) without any winter protection. I grow them in a humid site in a humus rich soil. In the winter the soil is very humid at times as it rains a lot. In periods the soil is frozen (to -15c), and then it thaws again. I have never lost any. I got mine from PC. Now I have seedlings too. A pot full of them has survived 2 winters standing on the ground without protection. Maybe the clone from PC are particular hardy.

The pictures are not the best as the flowers have not yet opened, but it shows the planting sites.

Poul

[mark smyth]

Hi Paul no new camera but there will be when I get back to work but not before I clear debts brought on by being unemployed.

[WimB]

One that is flowering here today:

Crocus hadriaticus