the sweet, early lavender tommies
(those in the banner)
have completed their performance for this spring
and their cousins
C. tommasinianus 'Ruby Giant'
and C. sieberi 'Firefly'
are in puddles all about the garden.
these specie crocus seed themselves about
and multiply like little spring bunnies!
In this photo, 'Firefly' appears nearly identical to the species (up in the banner), but in life it has much more intense coloration, and those stamens do glow.
"Ruby", yes. "Giant", not! Their cups are larger, but they are hardly giants.
There are fewer snowdrops in the garden now
and at Greenwood, Louis Bauer, our Director of Horticulture
has planted a sweet little collection of bulbs acquired from
Hitch Lyman, America's chief galanthophile
Clockwise, from the left: G. lutea, G. elwesii 'Seagull', G. nivalis 'Sharlockii' (i think.)
tommasinianus
