Jenny Rose Carey
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At last a sunny morning that feels a little more like spring. These two photos, taken twenty minutes apart, show the opening of these diminutive crocuses as the sunlight warmed them. How cool to actually stand there and watch flowers open. …
Continue Reading about Twenty Minutes in the life of Crocus tommasinianus ‘Roseus’
This dear little white crocus called 'Snow Bunting'. It is the only crocus bred by E.A. Bowles that is commercially available. Check out the web site for his former garden in England. These corms were planted in a terracotta pot sunk into the ground to try and stop the voles and mice from eating …
Even though Spring is only a few days, away an early morning snow shower surprised the Tommie crocus (See yesterday's post). Luckily the early spring blooming flowers are adapted to changing environmental conditions as the mostly come from mountains where the weather changes rapidly. The flower is …
Continue Reading about Tommie crocus shocked by a St Patrick’s Day snow
At only two and a half inches tall, this fragile ephemeral beauty is commonly known as a "Tommie" crocus (Crocus tommasinianus). The great English horticulturist, E. A. Bowles, called these crocuses "Tom" for short, but I am more inclined to call them the more feminine "Tomasina." Bowles described …
