Rodger Whitlock wrote, What I like about C. tournefortii is the color. It's very close to a >true sky blue with a white center. Perhaps "pale powder blue" is >slightly more accurate, for some values of both "powder blue" and >"accurate." Or to try to be technical, it's a pale true blue, but not >very saturated. > >Not much trace of the purple tone that most "blue" crocuses have in >them. There must be various clones around. The two "populations" that I have, both grown from seed, are not "true blue" but light lavender. They are, however, quite pretty, and since they're under cover, I can enjoy the always-open flowers without worrying about rain on them. To my eye, the crocuses closest to true blue are C. baytopiorum, which is very pale sky blue; C. leichtlinii, which also has feathering of darker blue on the outside; and C. abantensis, which I have a lot of trouble maintaining. All flower in late winter. The closest thing to blue in fall, here, is seen in certain clones of C. speciosus. Jane McGary Northwestern Oregon, USA