#crocus flavus

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Early Cheerleaders

Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

Crocuses adding cheer in late winter.

Camera was lowered to the ground for this shot.

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Spring

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Another drawing made for charity, so place your bids: Allegro

This one should work for international buyers too, and also, the previous one was cancelled by the winner, so I re-started it

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While outside earlier with my cat I saw this and was surprised to find a flower growing since we had so much snow two days ago. Using the picture this app I found out it was a Yellow Crocus. “Crocus flavus, known as yellow crocus or Dutch yellow crocus, is a species of flowering plant of the Crocus genus in the Iridaceae family. It is a small crocus, despite the names of some cultivars, compared to the Giant Dutch crocuses. Its cultivars are used as ornamental plants.” I don’t think I’ve seen one of these in my yard before. We’ve never planted them and this one I found by a woodpile we have. These pictures are taken hours apart today.🌼

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Crocus spp., Iridaceae

C. flavus, C. vernus, C. vernus albiflorus, C. vernus ‘pickwick’

With some species and varieties of Crocus, I continue with the early-flowering geophytes I observed in this period. These are not from a botanic garden, but still make sure to attract attention at my local park, where they have followed the snowdrop I wrote about a few days ago, and blossomed into a colourful carpet among last autumn’s leaf litter.  

Although some species of Crocus are known to self-sow and expand rapidly around the area where the corms are initially placed, this is not always the case and depends often on the soil composition. The ones above have not gained any ground over the past three flowering seasons and that’s probably due to the heavy, clay-rich soil common here in Scotland. Being native to the mountainous regions of Southern Europe, they generally prefer a well-draining, coarse medium mixed with organic matter, so would do particularly well on rocky slopes and rock gardens. 

Note: I haven’t checked each flower singularly, there were hundreds, so some may as well be hybrids, or C. tommasianus, as most flowers were not fully open yet and I couldn’t see the inner parts. I will go back though.  

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In Warm Company

Photo credit: Eleanor Chua.

A purple crocus, probably the 'Flower Record', emerging in the midst of yellow crocuses, probably 'Flavus', in a neighbourhood park in winter.

The camera was held nearly on the ground for this shot.

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Crocus

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Saffron semantics: Crocus flavus, is saffron-colored (yellow) but does not produce saffron spice.