Autumn crocus starting here
Jim McKenney (Sat, 25 Sep 2004 14:45:04 PDT)

While mowing the front lawn today I nicked the top of the first Crocus
speciosus of the year. In another part of the garden, self-sown Crocus
kotschyanus has been in bloom for about a week.

Neither of these is purple. : )

Jim McKenney
jimmckenney@starpower.net
Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, USDA zone 7, where I now have an excuse
not to mow the lawn for about a month.