Crocus October 2009

[mark smyth]

Gerry I would say cost is OK if you buy one stunner or 3 average Crocus. It might not come around again so grab it when you can

[Armin]

Anthony,
wow - congratulations
Extremely beautiful

[Gerry Webster]

Gerry I would say cost is OK if you buy one stunner or 3 average Crocus. It might not come around again so grab it when you can

My experience of saffron crocus from this source has not been good so I am reluctant to fork out a large sum no matter how stunning.

[mark smyth]

Very true

[Anthony Darby]

I have had no problems, and anything I have not been happy with has been instantly replaced, even when the disappointment has been within the limits of variation within a particular species. I effectively got two for the price of one, as the corm was huge with two flowering shoots. I couldn't resist it, and I'm sure more than one person is kicking themselves for not biting the bullet? It is already producing flowers three and four, but alas, I may miss any more as I will be away next week.

[mark smyth]

Anthony you will have to lend it to someone  to take more photos while you are away

[Martin Baxendale]

I have had no problems, and anything I have not been happy with has been instantly replaced, even when the disappointment has been within the limits of variation within a particular species. I effectively got two for the price of one, as the corm was huge with two flowering shoots. I couldn't resist it, and I'm sure more than one person is kicking themselves for not biting the bullet? It is already producing flowers three and four, but alas, I may miss any more as I will be away next week.

I may have missed something here, but I don't seem to have spotted a mention of who exactly sells C. mathewii 'Dream Dancer'. Can anyone enlighten me? There seems to be a lot of discussion about this but no direct mention of the supplier unless, as I say, I missed something. 

[tonyg]

After all the wonderful crocus of recent days I almost hesitate to post my ordinary crocus

I'll be dreaming of Dream Dancer ... although I could easily forget the name!

A view of my autumn crocus frame - depleted after virus and root rot problems (hopefully in the past)
To undermine my recent comments about Crocus goulimyi leucanthus - here is first flowering of seedlings .. lilac but perhaps hybrid with ssp goulimyi
A nice form of Crocus pulchellus - just as good in the garden as Crocus speciosus
two very different forms of Crocus niveus.  One huge flowered lilac, the other with unusually long style, pokes out of top of the buds!
Finally a nicely veined form of Crocus thomasii

[Anthony Darby]

I may have missed something here, but I don't seem to have spotted a mention of who exactly sells C. mathewii 'Dream Dancer'. Can anyone enlighten me? There seems to be a lot of discussion about this but no direct mention of the supplier unless, as I say, I missed something.  

Paul Christian at www.rareplants.co.uk. It is no longer listed. I wish I'd ordered three!

After all the wonderful crocus of recent days I almost hesitate to post my ordinary crocus

I'll be dreaming of Dream Dancer ... although I could easily forget the name!

Now that is praise indeed, but keeeeeeep posting. That niveus is gorgeous.

[BULBISSIME]

Never seen it before of course Anthony !
Stunning, and thank's for sharing !

[Michael J Campbell]

A few here,common but nice.

Crocus  cancellatus damascenus
Crocus kotshyanus subsp kotschyanus.

[Anthony Darby]

Here's one that has no label.

[Gerry Webster]

A view of my autumn crocus frame - depleted after virus and root rot problems (hopefully in the past).......
Finally a nicely veined form of Crocus thomasii

Root rot? I think I recognise that -  especially in purchased saffron crocus.

Tony, are you sure that this is C. thomasii? I ask because I recently posted a pic of very similar plant that I thought was this sp. but closer inspection of the leaves revealed a ciliate margin  which suggests C. hadriaticus or a near hybrid.

[Maggi Young]

All these photogenic Crocus gems  are a real treat. I discovered the other day, while busily thrusting my nose into every flower in the bulb house, that Crocus niveus smell like Nerium oleander! Not sure why I have not remarked upon this fact before, it is a delightful scent.  

[Michael J Campbell]

Maggi, after Lesley's comment about scent in the garden I went into the greenhouse and poked my nose into a lot of the crocus, and a good few of  them were scented. I don't usually smell plants because in another life I worked in up to a hundred acres of roses, and the perfume was breathtaking from a distance,so if I don't smell the scent from a plant while standing up,I would never think of sticking my nose down close to the flower.