[pbs] A new crocus in an old style

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Sat Mar 24 21:29:16 EST 2007


On 23 Mar 07, at 16:04, Jim McKenney wrote:

> Several old cultivars which I have never seen such as Margot, Haarlem
> Gem, and Maximilian might have been similar to my plant.

Haarlem Gem is very similar in coloring to Vanguard, but considerably 
smaller; more the size of a chrysanthus cultivar than one of the big 
blowsy vernus ones.

I've had it for years, and believe what I have is The Real Thing.


-- 
Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Maritime Zone 8, a cool Mediterranean climate

on beautiful Vancouver Island


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