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18-02-2009, 05:26 PM
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| | | snowflake + crocus ids
1 sorry here's the snowflake: spring snowflake yes?  
they aren't the best of photos but which do you think is best?
2 a garden crocus I think  but im not sure about species... 
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18-02-2009, 06:26 PM
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| | | Re: snowflake + crocus ids
The Snowflake looks a bit odd - I would have said it looks more like Leucojum aestivum ssp. pulchellum than L. vernum, but am not really sure - not a typical looking specimen...
The Crocus is the hybrid Crocus chrysanthus x biflorus. |
18-02-2009, 06:50 PM
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thanks Tiggrx
half of these snowflake flowers looked as though they were about to die.....and I read that the flowering time for Leucojum aestivum subsp. pulchellum was March-May...
and does the crocus have an english name or not?
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18-02-2009, 07:43 PM
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Originally Posted by leifus  half of these snowflake flowers looked as though they were about to die.....and I read that the flowering time for Leucojum aestivum subsp. pulchellum was March-May... | L. aestivum ssp. pulchellum can begin flowering in January - it starts much earlier than the native ssp. aestivum.
These pics might help: L. vernum  L. aestivum ssp. pulchellum  Quote:
Originally Posted by leifus and does the crocus have an english name or not? | Not that I'm aware of. It is a hybrid of the Golden Crocus and the Silvery Crocus and is a very common garden plant with many cultivars. |
18-02-2009, 08:09 PM
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yes it does look like it then is it just summer snowflake ssp. pulchellum?
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18-02-2009, 08:11 PM
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Originally Posted by leifus yes it does look like it then is it just summer snowflake ssp. pulchellum? | yes, but it is a garden escape, being native to the Mediterranean. |
18-02-2009, 08:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Tiggrx yes, but it is a garden escape, being native to the Mediterranean. | ok thanks
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| | | Re: snowflake + crocus ids
the summer snowflake is in flower now near me but the spring snowflake isn't even in bud   | | |
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