Purple Crocus

renaldo75 · Post by **renaldo75** » Mar 29, 2006 5:15 pm

Lots of purple crocus blooming now.

renaldo75 · Post by **renaldo75** » Mar 29, 2006 5:19 pm

More.

caliloo · Post by **caliloo** » Mar 29, 2006 5:20 pm

Very pretty.

I only had 3 crocus blooms this year. I think the squirrels have been snacking on them

Alexa

renaldo75 · Post by **renaldo75** » Mar 29, 2006 5:23 pm

This last clump is in with the fall blooming crocus. Occaisionally some of them bloom in the spring. Not sure why that happens, but the fall blooming crocus were here long before I ever moved here. It's possible that there are a few spring blooming ones in the same batch. Although there were never any crocus here except in this one area until a few years ago when I planted crocus in several other locations.

renaldo75 · Post by **renaldo75** » Mar 29, 2006 5:27 pm

Thanks, Alexa!!

You need to have your neighbors [or you] feed the squirrels a steady diet of hard field corn on the cob like my neighbors do. I never have any problem with them bothering stuff in my gardens.

oldcoot · Post by **oldcoot** » Mar 30, 2006 8:14 am

It is always greeted with such great Joy when those first blooms appear. Thanks for posting such pretty pictures. OC

renaldo75 · Post by **renaldo75** » Mar 31, 2006 10:12 am

Thanks, John - they got more rain yesterday so even more of the later blooming ones should be opening soon.

kHT · Post by **kHT** » Mar 31, 2006 10:59 am

Aren't those the most cheerful flowers of the spring!

LucyGoose · Post by **LucyGoose** » Mar 31, 2006 1:45 pm

Wallpaper!!

toomanyanimals · Post by **toomanyanimals** » Apr 03, 2006 12:28 pm

Very nice! I never really like crocus too much, probably cause I grew up with none in the yard. But finally got some a couple of years ago. And now I agree that they are the most cheerful flowers of the year b/c they are the first for me!

tma

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