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Crocus 2014

Submitted by Tony Willis on Mon, 01/13/2014 - 12:51

Our warm weather has moved on some of the spring crocus but comparing them with last year there is little difference in flowering time.

The first two are Crocus biflorus ssp. There has been a move to create numerous new species in this group and these will be two of them.​

Crocus biflorus ssp from Turkey Feithye   

Lycoris

Submitted by externmed on Tue, 10/01/2013 - 21:47

A few growers, often represented on eBay, are offering quite a variety of Lycoris.  (about 20 sp and cv on offer now: pink, white, "blue", yellow,  orange, and red).

In my garden the easy, Lycoris squamigera, has proven semi-recalcitrant; but it will grow well for others, here in Massachusetts, (NE) USA.

I wonder how others are doing with a wider spectrum of these plants?  They can be divided between fall and spring foliage varieties, and generally the fall foliage ones likely do not tolerate the cold north.

Crocus 2013

Submitted by Toole on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 03:32

From AGS seedex Jan 09 --Crocus longiflorus --pic taken today in between the showers .
There is also another pot, NARGS seedex ,(also Jan 09), in bud.

I understand this species can be quite variable so it will be interesting to eventually compare them both.

Cheers Dave.