Tag Archives: Crocus tommasinianus
A bit bruised and battered.
I’m talking about my Crocus tommasinianus growing in the back lawn. When they popped up this year I noticed that a lot had vanished, courtesy of the squirrel I assume, even though I planted my crocus with chilli flakes on … Continue reading
Cheerful Tommies.
All the crocus in the garden are well and truly battered by our recent storms. This is when I am so pleased that I potted up loads of Crocus tommasinianus and kept them in the unheated conservatory.
Another little project.
Just a little one this time. Years ago, when we first visited East Lambrook Manor in Somerset at this time of year, I was overwhelmed by the sight of hundreds of Crocus tommasinianus spreading in the grass under a variegated … Continue reading
It doesn’t need to be sunny, just warmer.
I found out the other day that crocus don’t actually need sunshine to open their flowers wide, they just need the temperature to rise a bit. Our temperatures had been at around +4/5 C for some time, when they suddenly … Continue reading
GBBD. The wild ones are catching up.
First of all I must explain my absence for the last week or so, courtesy yet again of Talk Talk, don’t they realise how much bad publicity I give them?! We have not been able to access e.mails or any … Continue reading