Crocus November 2009

[BULBISSIME]

Thank's janis for all this beauties !!
And hope nothing too serious for you at the hospital

[Ragged Robin]

Janis, your photographs of crocus in the wild are quite wonderful and to be able to understand the differences between them through your observations makes them come to life.  I love your crocus pages altogether, there is always so much to enjoy, thank you 

[mark smyth]

First time I have spare money I'll be heading to Turkey

[Maggi Young]

This super photo just in from my friend Jim Kee in the USA of his Crocus pallasii..... looking really smart with it's spikey neighbours!

...click the pic to enlarge it.....

[Ragged Robin]

Congratulations to your friend, Maggi, who would have thought of growing that combination but boy does it work - wonderful subtle colouring and textures 

[Hendrik Van Bogaert]

Janis, Thomas and of course all other croconuts,
Herewith the first flowers of Crocus hyemalis, from a collection around Ajlun (North of Amman), Jordan.
Not as showy of those from Israel, but botanical very interesting.
Hendrik

[Hendrik Van Bogaert]

And now a look inside the flower of C. hyemalis

[mark smyth]

Lovely plants Hendrik especially the darker one

[Janis Ruksans]

Lovely plants Hendrik especially the darker one

Agree, darker is excellent. My plants still didn't started blooming.
Janis

[Lesley Cox]

Wonderful photos Janis. The vegetative clump of C. mathewii especially.

Would you please send me an electronic copy of your catalogue when ready? I won't be able to buy bulbs for myself but I may be able to get a little somethings for a few "thank yous" for European friends. Besides, I love wallowing in misery at all the things I can't import.

[Lesley Cox]

When I was clearing away some dead crocus leaves yesterday I was thrilled to find 6 pods on C. vallicola. It has never had seed before, this is the first year that more than my original single, have flowered. Most of the seed had fallen already but I was able to retrieve it with a teaspoon and a pair of tweezers.

[Maggi Young]

Ah, yes, the teaspoon and pair of tweeezer trick.... yes, indeed, we're pretty good at that one, too! Beats me how you can be watching seedpods like a hawk and then they sneak out when yor back is turned for 5 minutes!  Mind you, some of the crocus are clever at keeping their pods very low and out of notice!

[mark smyth]

Last Autumn flowers from me.
About 20 pages back, including Crocus October, I showed some Crocus cartwrightianus white forms ex CEH collection. Some other whites have started. These came from Potterton's a few years ago.

[Ragged Robin]

What a high to end the season on Mark, lovely photos too 

[Hagen Engelmann]

the last autumn heroes