Note - the Bulb Gallery names of Autumn Bulb, Late Summer Bulb and Spring Bulb refer to when the bulbs are delivered to you, not when they flower.
See Crocus Spring Flowering Final Trials Report 2006-2009 of the Royal Horticultural Society for further crocus details.
Wild Flowers of Greece by Vangelis Papiomytoglou has 1200 photos to make their recognition easier.
These references stand out as specified by Pacific Rim Native Plant Nursery:- "
• Crocuses: A Complete Guide to the Genus, by Jánis Rukšáns. Timber Press, 2010; ISBN 978-1-60469-106-1. Descriptions and propagation advice for gardeners from the Latvian nurseryman who knows Crocus more intimately, and grows more species, than most people.
• The Crocus: A Revision of the Genus Crocus, by Brian Mathew. B.T. Batsford, 1982; ISBN 0 7134 3390 6. Out of print, expensive second-hand, fortunately still available in some libraries. Mathew published an update in The Plantsman, vol. 1, parts 1 and 2 (March and June 2002); important articles have also been published by Helmut Kerndorff and Erich Pasche, the German Crocus specialists.
• Crocus Pages, the wonderful website run by our friend Tony Goode, holder of the national Crocus collection in the United Kingdom. Tony has posted descriptions of all 127 (or so) taxa in the genus Crocus, with excellent pictures of most of them. "
Potting mixture created by Mark Smyth of Alpine Garden Society for Autumn Crocuses for you to use in pots
or
use the potting mixtures used by the Royal Horticultural Society in its Crocus Spring Flowering 2006-2009 Trials
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The 3 natural divisions of Colchicum are:-
- 1. Autumn-flowering species and hybrids
- 2. Winter- and Spring-flowering species and
- 3. Tessellated species, those marked with a crisscross pattern on the petals in colors of dark and light rosy mauve
The 2 natural divisions of Crocus are:-
- 1. Autumn-flowering species and hybrids and
- 2. Winter- and Spring-flowering species
and the relevant division is added to the Plant Description Page Title.
You can obtain larger photos and more text explaination of a Colchicum or Crocus by clicking on the name of that Corm in the Synonyms Link List in the next column.
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Coblands Nurseries:-
Coblands Nurseries were founded in 1963 growing a wide range of shrubs, herbaceous, grasses, ferns and trees in the ‘coblands’ of Kent. The production nursery extends to over 120 acres on a number of sites in and around Tonbridge, growing approximately a million plants at any one time.
www.best4plants.co.uk now brings this wealth of knowledge and expertise to the general public as well as the trade.
Gee Tee Bulb Company, Field Works, Common Road, Moulton Seas End, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE12 6LF - Tel:(01205) 260412 - Fax:(01205) 260451 was formed in 1960. Gee Tee Bulb Company is a third generation family run company - which is wholly British owned and operated - holding large stocks of many flower bulb varieties in their 36,000 square feet of warehousing, for landscapers, parks and private buyers.
They supply all their range from end of August or early September until end of December, or until a stock is sold out or not available ie autumn flowering bulbs will not be available after October. They do this so you only have one delivery charge. As the season progresses they remove items sold out from the website.
R. V. Roger Ltd, The Nurseries, Malton Road (A169), Pickering, North Yorkshire, YO18 7JW - Tel:(01751)472226 - Fax:(01751)476749 is a traditional third-generation family-run nursery, with the emphasis on plant quality and first-class customer service. The range of field-grown fruit trees grown is one of the best in the country, including many traditional varieties, which are becoming quite rare. They also grow over 40,000 roses in nearly 300 varieties. The rose field is usually in flower from the middle of July until the autumn, when you are welcome to visit and walk through the field. Besides shrubs and ornamental trees, R. V. Roger also produce four bulb catalogues throughout the year, offering choices for a plant or plants by mail order direct from the 280 acre nursery.
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