[pbs] Crocus cutlivars was C. speciosus cultivars
James Waddick
jwaddick at kc.rr.com
Fri Oct 20 14:29:59 EDT 2006
Dear Roger;
Is it just me or is there a dumbing down of other cutlivars?
Your note egged me to look at Mathew's 'The Crocus' *
with these cvs
'Alba'
Aitchisonii (Lg Pale lilac)
Artabir ( Lg pale lilac with veins)
Cassiope (Lg Blue-lavender w/ yellow throat)
Globosus (Smaller bluer)
Pollux (Lg pale blue violet w/silver exterior)
Oxonian Deep purple-blue)
Trotter (Lg White)
and Bowles 'Crocus and Colchicumn' *
C. speciosus cvs
Artibir
Cassiope
Pollux All from Van Tubergen
Pacific Rim Native Plant Nursery lists 'Aino' as an improved sort of
'Oxonian'.
I have seen 'Oxonian' listed, and heard of a few of these
names, but does anyone offer even half of these and are they true to
name?
Have these been lost to mass marketers or just ignored due to
lack of interest? Can we blame the proverbial Dutch mass growers?
Add to this the seedlings that appear and you are headed for trouble.
This got me to looking at C. banaticus my favorite fall crocus and I
was sort of shocked to find these cvs:
Alba
Ruby (Reddish Purple)
President (Lg Deep Purple)
Rosamund (Pale Lilac)
Bowles mentions these too.
Never even heard of any except the first which I have been
trying to get for years without much luck. I have two forms - one
slightly pale and the other slightly darker. Noticable, but not name
worthy.
Are these too minor to be of interest to bulb growers? Where
are the mom-n-pop specialist growers?
Help? Best Jim W.
* I recommend both books to 'Crocu-nuts' (Thanks to John Grimshaw
for this name) out there. Unfortunately the Mathew book is OOP and
exorbitantly high priced from sellers.
--
Dr. James W. Waddick
8871 NW Brostrom Rd.
Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711
USA
Ph. 816-746-1949
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Summer 100F +
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