was Pollinators now Spring Crocuses and hybrids and Crocus books
Peter Taggart (Sat, 25 Feb 2012 13:06:12 PST)
There are an increasing number of Crocus hybrids around, and though I make
no claim one is better than the other, Janis Ruksan's book "Crocuses" is
in print and a more recent publication. On pages 200 and 201 Janis lists
known hybrids though he states "hybrids are not common".
C malyi is flowering here now, as well as C tommasinianus,seiberi, vernus,
reticulatus, jessopiae, gargaricus subspecies, oliveri, korolkowii,
civijicii and others.
One never knows what improbable hybrid might take.... C tommasinianus does,
I believe, hybridise with C vernus, C chrysanthus with various C biflorus,
and C reticulatus with C angustifolius (C xleonidii)
Peter (UK)
On 2/24/12, Jane McGary <janemcgary@earthlink.net> wrote:
Rick wrote,
Just wondering if other members are cross pollinating, and what
results they may have had.
Before embarking on a crocus hybridizing project, one should try to
obtain the out-of-print (and ridiculously expensive, if you ever find
it) "The Crocus" by Brian Mathew, which will help one verify the
identity of one's plants in the first place, and understand their
relationships. It is quite startling how many different chromosome
numbers can be found in this genus. Brian Mathew told me he didn't
think crocuses hybridized much, but other experts have told me they
feel that hybrids are somewhat likely in a large collection.....