Crocus in Oz

for this species has been kept secret. Guaranteed the only listing of this in the World. Large lilac-blue flowers, silvery or buff outside with a distinct white zone above yellow throat, trifid orange-red stigmas. Spring flowers.

Crocus pestalozzae. Confined to the very extreme NW of Turkey, occurs in both blue and white. This is the famous white clone collected by Brian Matthew and appearing as a photograph in his Bulbous Plants of Turkey. A profusion of long-tubed white blooms with yellow throats. Crocus pulchellus. Solid lavender blue flowers with a deep yellow throat in autumn; a reliable performer in the garden where it will naturalize. Crocus pulchellus albus. A rare offering indeed! Robust pure white flowering form with a yellow throat. Just as easy as the type but rare as dragon's teeth.

Crocus pulchellus "Zephyr". A selection which is probably a hybrid between C. pulchellus and C. speciosus. Very large whitish flowers shaded pearly grey with a yellow throat in autumn. Outstanding.

Crocus reticulatus ssp hittiticus. Endemic to a small part of S Turkey and collected there by us. White to pale lilac flowers dramatically striped and stippled black on the exterior and distinct purple-black anthers. Spring.

Crocus serotinus ssp salzmanii. Good strong grower for the garden whose large autumn flowers are pale lilac blue with a yellow throat. Easy.

Crocus sieberi ssp atticus. From the type locality at Pendelikon near Athens where the Ancients quarried the stone for the Parthenon. A fine garden plant with large pale to deep lilac thick petalled flowers and coarsely woven corm tunics.

Crocus sieberi "Bowles White". An albino selection made by E A Bowles and described by him as "the best white and orange spring crocus I know".Flowers very large, globulas, pure white with an orange throat and stigma.A real beauty.

Crocus sieberi ssp nivalis. From a restricted range in the Taygetos Mts in the Central Peleponnese, comes this rare taxon. Similar to ssp sublimis it has very large lilac-blue spring flowers with yellow throats. Will be a good garden introduction.

Crocus sieberi ssp sieberi. Rarely offered type species which is endemic to Crete. Spring flowers of showy white stained on the outside with purple brush-marks and yellow throat. An exquisitely delicate combination.

Crocus sieberi ssp sublimis.The most wide spread of all the subspecies close to ssp atticus but with generally wider less deeply coloured segments

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