A new crocus in an old style

Jim McKenney jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com
Sun, 25 Mar 2007 06:33:47 PDT
Roger Whitlock wrote: "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."

Roger, it would be great if you could post a picture of this cultivar. 

I was hoping someone might pick up on another aspect of my new crocus post.
Last summer I received a crocus from Jane McGary under the name 'Yalta'.
Later on, I discovered a package of this same 'Yalta' for sale in a local
shop. Jane's plant bloomed two weeks ago here and is similar to the crocus
whose image I posted. 

At first I wondered if a squirrel had moved one of the newly acquired crocus
'Yalta'. But I counted corms and all are accounted for. 

So my self-sown crocus is apparently just that.   


Jim McKenney
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vegetation , the birds and peepers are singing, flowers are blooming:
everything is in place for a perfect spring day.

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