Crocus kotschyanus is easy enough from seed, no need to buy virused stock, and I find it produces plenty of cormlets. Why bother with virused stock? Peter (UK) On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 5:30 PM, Jane McGary <janemcgary@earthlink.net>wrote: > Rodger wrote > >When you buy Crocus kotschyanus from > >Dutch sources, you get a form that has small, badly distorted > >flowers, whereas > >a clean stock has flowers as big as good forms of C. chrysanthus. > > Named forms of Crocus kotschyanus are available from sources in the > Netherlands that are healthy and large-flowered. One is called > 'Reliant', and the other I acquired with only collectors' initials > JRJK. I've been growing these for many years. They don't increase as > fast as the commonly sold form (often misnamed "C. karduchorum," > which is a different and rare species). I think 'Reliant' can also be > had from Potterton's in the UK. > > Soon we'll start to see the fall-flowering crocuses, and a new crocus > year will begin. > > Jane McGary > Portland, Oregon, USA > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >