Crocus tommasianus
John Grimshaw (Tue, 03 May 2011 23:46:17 PDT)

Lauw de Jager wrote:
"John Grimshaw said that C. tommasinianus did not make seed in the UK."

Not quite true. I said that the commercially available Dutch clones do not
set seed, which is the case in my experience. Non-clonal C. tommasinianus
sets copious seed, which germinates freely.

This year, however, I suspect seed-set was very poor, as we had overcast
weather most of the time the flowers were out and they didn't open -
opportunities for pollination were very few. This is certainly evident in
the low seed production in Galanthus this year, but it is still a little too
soon to tell what the crocuses achieved.

John Grimshaw

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